Well I looked at my Cabriolet, which uses the same drier, and that looks like my aftermarket driers. Someone must have bent the pipes to make a bad part fit. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC
On April 6, 2019 5:41:59 PM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Modify #5 Buy a chunk of hose and 4 hose clamps of appropriate >size. >cut off the ferrules with grinder or hacksaw. pull off old hose. Put >both ferrules on the car. Cut hose to needed length. Put on hose, use >hose clamps to secure hose. The ferrules are nice, but not needed. > >Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 4/6/19 3:53 PM: >> 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 >> > >_______________________________________ >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
