[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[Tad Heckaman]

I am in Louisville, KY. I guess I just assumed that R12 was banned. I did
notice that the auto parts place had an R12 refill kit, so I assume that R12
is still being sold somewhere.

On 3/30/07, Axel Wulff <axelwulff at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

> Tad,

>

> Where are you located?

>

> R12 is available in most places in the US. Price depends on the location

> and

> regulations.

>

> I can get R12 here in Pennsylvania. Not cheap, but considerably less

> expensive than a conversion (to R134 which does not work as well in our

> systems which are designed for R12).

>

>

>

> Regards,

> Axel J. Wulff

> 610-731-5453 Cellular

> 610-572-4611 Home

>

>

>

>

>

> >From: "Tad Heckaman" <douglash at gmail.com>

> >Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> >To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> >Subject: [W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

> >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:37:11 -0400

> >

> >Well, its getting hot now a days, and I am noticing that the A/C is not

> as

> >cold as I think it should be. It does get cold, but nowhere near enough

> to

> >cool the cabin to a reasonable temp. I am assuming that it may need to be

> >'recharged'. However my car as not been converted to run on R134a. At my

> >local auto parts store, they had all the R134a cans and recharge kits,

> and

> >they had these conversion kits. Now I did a little searching on the

> >archives

> >(a lot of FIXING broken A/Cs, but didn't see much on recharging kinda

> >working systems), but from what I can tell, I would need to make sure I

> put

> >in new compressor oil thats compatible with R134a, and replace a few

> >components. Is this truly all I need to do, or would it be better for me

> to

> >just take my car to my mechanic and have this done? The guy at the store

> >mentioned that I would need to vacuum pump to suck all the old R12 out of

> >the car. I don't have one of those, assuming I really need to do that

> >(sounds like a good idea).

> >

> >Whats the approved way of doing this? Drive to Mexico and purchase R12?

> :-)

> >

> >Thanks,

> >Tad

> >

> >--

> >Tad Heckaman

>

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Tad Heckaman
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