I've just been through the saga of dealing with my a/c system, and it ain't over yet. Here are some of the things I've learned along the way...
Converted to R134 a few years ago when the evaporator started leaking. That worked for a couple of years...started having troubles with it this year and took it to an indie a/c shop for work. They said the compressor seals were blown, and put in a new compressor. They then determined that the KLIMA relay was toasted (I'm not sure how good an analysis this was). They put in an aftermarket KLIMA, and started having problems with them frying. I say them...I don't know how many of them they went through before they got one to last. One of the other things they did was to replace the R134 with Freeze12, which claims to be a replacement for R-12. I did a google on it and found out that it's certified by EPA and readily available. It seems to cool well. The indie a/c shop swears by it... Continuing on...blew the KLIMA relay (the aftermarket one) again, so I took it to my regular indie, who said they had been having troubles with the after market KLIMAs and put an OEM KLIMA on it. That part of the system seems to be working, but I still think I'm losing FR-12...as I drive I keep hearing something from time to time that sounds like a relief valve lifting. Gotta check into that some more today. Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:38 AM To: Bob DuPuy; Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] R-12 That's not a good sign. I think the going rate on Ebay for a 30 lbs canister is about 350. Hope that helps. -------------- Original message -------------- > I've got my 609 card and a commercial account with NAPA. They quoted > me $575 for a 30lb can. Now if they could just deliver. The thing that > threw me was Grainger saying it was no longer available through them. > I get R-22 and R-409 through them no problem. > > Bob DuPuy > > _______________________________________ > 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
