Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread archer
- Original Message - From: "Peter Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just pour it out of the hose connections. > Peter The manual (CD) mentions measuring and adding oil to the compressor if you're working on some other part of the system. In that case i

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Peter Frederick
Just pour it out of the hose connections. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Jim Cathey
> Really? Does that mean you can get the R134a oil out of a sytem for a > reverse-conversion by just pulling a vacuum for a while? I thought > you had to flush everything out. If by a 'while' you mean a decade or so, sure! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Jim Cathey
> Perhaps a dumb question - why are you installing a R-4 compressor? I > thought the only ones used in automotive applications were R-12 and > R-134a? > What's the advantage to using R-4? R-4 stands for a radial 4-cylinder design. The slightly earlier compressor (as used in 450's) was the A6, a

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor > Perhaps a dumb question - why are you installing a R-4 compressor? I > thought the only ones used in automotive applications were R-12 and > R-134a? > What's the advantage to using R-4? >

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread archer
- Original Message - From: "Sunil Hari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perhaps a dumb question - why are you installing a R-4 compressor? I > thought the only ones used in automotive applications were R-12 and > R-134a? > What's the advantage to using R-4? ---

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Sunil Hari
Perhaps a dumb question - why are you installing a R-4 compressor? I thought the only ones used in automotive applications were R-12 and R-134a? What's the advantage to using R-4? On 7/23/07, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > if you're using

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Tom Hargrave
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Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Allan Streib
Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > if you're using R143a oil it will evaporate under a deep vacuum, > this is one reason that de-moisturizing a R134a system with vacuum > doesn't work so well. Really? Does that mean you can get the R134a oil out of a sytem for a reverse-conversion by just

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Jim Cathey
> I woud have thought pulling a vacuum would remove any existing oil. Not a chance. The flow rate is too slow to pick up the (heavy) oil and drag it along, and once there is a partial vacuum the transport mechanism pretty much stops. Of course, if you're using R143a oil it will evaporate under a

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Allan Streib
"LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I woud have thought pulling a vacuum would remove any existing oil. > with new oil added (IIRC) the same as freon is added. I don't know much about A/C servicing, but in general pulling a vacuum will only remove gases from the system. Unless the oil evapora

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread LarryT
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Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread archer
From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Can someone tell me how to drain the oil from the old compressor and >> add oil >> to the new compressor? >> Gerry --- > Umm, pour it out the holes and pour it in the same way? > Might take awhile to drain, and you

Re: [MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread Jim Cathey
> Can someone tell me how to drain the oil from the old compressor and > add oil > to the new compressor? Umm, pour it out the holes and pour it in the same way? Might take awhile to drain, and you should rotate it by hand to help it along... -- Jim ___ http

[MBZ] Installing new Delco R-4 Compressor

2007-07-23 Thread archer
I'm replacing the compressor and the dryer in an '83 240D. According to the MB CD and the instructions that came with the new R-4 compressor from Rusty, oil must be drained from the old compressor and measured, and new oil added to the new compressor according to a formula. Can someone tell me