I was wondering that myself. Rusty has them for ~$200 IIRC. I'm thinking of putting one on my '78 240D this spring.
-Curt Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:31:21 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 240D PHX CL Message-ID: <sig.9977884c2d.4d18a339.70...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed why not just replace it with the proper York compressor? They should be easy to find new/rebuilt/ On 12/26/2010 7:20 PM, Dieselhead wrote: > My guess is that the body is solid, if the car has always > lived in the desert. Check for rust/bondo iin the rockers, > behind the front wheel, in front of the rear wheel and in the > trunk wells. It looks like Midnight blue. I don't remember > ever seeing that before a 123. If I lived in Phx, I'd pay $2000 > for it if it is as good as it appears it might be. 140k is not > that much on a OM615 I think with a litte ingenuity you can rig > a rotary compressor from a honda/toada to fit on the compressor > mounting and even use the original belt size. A compressor from > a u-pull should not be that expensive. Be sure to get the > manifold and a good chunk of each hose with it. > > >> http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/2120225662.html >> -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
