Some of the rebuilds fail very shortly after installation or are dead out of the box. However, used compressors can be a bad deal and fail shortly as well. Similar to a sitting water pump - if it ain't been used in a while, the chance of failure after its put into service seems to jump dramatically.
Brian On 7/2/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are theses the A-4 (or 6?) compressor? I'm about to put rebuilt into > the SLC, and don't want to do it more than once. I'm interested to > here your results. > > On 7/2/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Compressor on my 85 300D is locked up, getting tired of driving it > > around in 100+ degree temps with no AC. So I decide to fix it today. > > Had a wide selection of compressors to use. Had a couple of genuine > > harrison delco original ones, good used, turn free, seem good, look > > clean, etc. Also have a couple of brand new rebuilt ones that still > > have the caps on them. I thought for a while and decided to go with the > > used harrison one, seems maybe it would be more reliable than a rebuilt > > generic whatever one. Will see how it turns out. > > -- > > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > > 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 81 300TD, > > 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 > > Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts > > > > _______________________________________ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > '87 300SDL > '81 240D > '78 450SLC > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
