Gosh thanks for all the replies so quick on Saturday night! I had similar thoughts to Dan about the relative wisdom of skimping, and similar thoughts to Curly about how 4 seasons might actually outperform the mb part.
The guy who suggested four seasons is the son of a 30y mb master mechanic and seems to know more than a little bit about these cars. No I am not doing the job myself. (But thanks for thinking I am the kind of guy who might). One hopes I am saving some money anyway by repairing things elsewhere. Peter I have no idea where this crimp joint you refer to may be. There must be some galvanic corrosion in any circuit where copper and aluminum coexist, though I don't see the aluminum and copper pipes being in direct contact anywhere except the fins, which are on the outside and not leak prone at the joint. What am I missing? Clearly this is a subject about which reasonable men may disagree! This sort of passionate disagreement over arcana is what makes this list is so great. Did that attachment ever get through? Karl 85 300td 87 300td w606 05 g55 On Oct 24, 2015 9:58 PM, "Peter Frederick via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Don't install an evaporator with copper pipes, those are the ones that > fail at the crimp joint between copper and aluminum core! > > This is a bear of a job, one I've done once and need to do again (not on > the same car). > > Do it right, you do NOT want to do it twice, believe me. Took me three > days. > > Peter > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
