When I first bought my 1981 Mercedes 240D, the A/C did not work. It was apparent that the car had been siting around for a while, so it was not really surprising. What was surprising, was that it worked well when I had it gassed up. When cars are advertised for sale as just needing a re-gas, you know that they need a lot...
When I purchased my 560SEC, the A/C was not working. It hadn’t even been converted to R134A. I suspect it had never worked while in Australia. The car came out of Queensland, and I’m not sure I would want to drive a car without a car up there. The long time owner was in the Army, I guess tougher than me! When I...
My fight with the W126 Air Conditioning system is almost over. When I purchased the car, the A/C worked rather well. After the water pump gave out, it looks like it shorted out the compressor clutch. Changing out the clutch is not much different to changing out the whole compressor, so I sourced a new compressor and receiver/drier. This was rather irritating as working...
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