York is self oiled, so no oil in the freon charge. That's one plus there.

Walt
On Dec 27, 2010 7:21 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> wrote:
> I have heard the hp robbing argument before, but myself I would
> stick with a york. Aside from that, do they cool any different?
> I know my 76 240D way back when it ran the ac would get sold cold
> it would start blowing snow out of it if you were not careful.
>
> On 12/27/2010 11:48 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>> 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>
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>> 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
>>>>
>
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