All the on-line places with pictures show aftermarket very similar to what I have: about 60 degrees between intake and outgo.
I'm beginning to suspect that if I order the MB part, it will be the same. Makes me wonder if what I just removed from the car is aftermarket / wrong, and someone bent the hoses to make it fit. I'm going to look at what is installed in my '95 Cabriolet to see what that looks like. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 4:53 PM Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today I had planned to fix the AC in my '95 E300. Replace the receiver / > dryer, replace leaky low pressure valve, vacuum, add leak sealer and fill > with r134. > > I managed to buy two different receiver / dryers, aftermarket, and they > are BOTH wrong! The intake pipe and the outgo pipe are supposed to be > about 90 deg apart, judging from what was installed in the car. Both of > the new parts are only about 60 degrees apart. > > I visited several local auto parts houses, nobody has the right part. > What is in stock is really wrong, not even close to my part. MB wants $125 > for it, after market prices are around $30. > > So how do I fix this? > > Attached is screen shot from EPC. #3 is the dryer. Should I try to > modify the intake and outgo pipes to fit the aftermarket part? #5 is short > with a rubber section in the middle, I'm tempted to take that to a > hydraulic hose shop and see if they can replace the rubber section with a > longer section. #6 is aluminum tubing, I think it would be pretty risky to > try to bend that to get the right angle. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ 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
