Thanks George...I used to do all my own a/c work before the EPA got anal about R-12. When I was on a ship in the Navy, the AC&R guys worked for me and I had them teach me all about the refrigeration systems. I recently heard about a course you could take to get certified to purchase R-12....guess I need to do that.
I'll check out the web site. Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:59 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] A/C Woes...the saga continues... Importance: Low Hey Royce, Sounds like it's a little low on colland and the cut off switch is doing it's job. Do you have High and Low pressures? Is there ice buildup on the receiver? If you want to diagnose this yourslef there is a great group with some real experts to when it comes to AC. The group is on www.aircondtion.com. I did the AC on my vehicles and it's not that bad when you have a good understanding and a team of experts backing you up. Like this group. George -------------- Original message -------------- Talked to my indy yesterday. Using the OEM KLIMA relay seems to have solved the shorting problem, and the a/c compressor engages, draws about 1/2 amp, and cools for a while. After about 45 minutes, it "stops cooling", but not because of a fried KLIMA relay as before. He asked if I wanted to keep going, and I told him yes, we need to get to the root cause of the problem. Cha Ching....oh, well. I can't live without A/C in Houston, and I'm not ready to give up on the Shaggin Wagin. Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K There are only three bad things about Houston. June, July and August.
