[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[Barry Corno]

I agree with the staying with R12. living in the Northwest of the USA
weather in the summer is not that hot and the R134 just gets by. A
steady diet of 100 + would be tough to live with, when your car is a 
daily driver. Hey Ramay what's it like in Vegas?????????????
 
B.C. "83" 380 SEC AMG   511 K
cell 503 789 4012

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com on behalf of Axel Wulff
Sent: Fri 3/30/2007 6:22 PM
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion



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

>

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