There are any number of suppliers out there who make conversion brackets to go from a York to a rotary. I looked into this when I had the 250LWB (123 chassis) and had no problem coming up with any number of sources.
It just made a lot of sense - especially when you live in a warm climate like FL or AZ.... Dan --- On Mon, 12/27/10, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '76 240D PHX CL > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 10:46 AM > HP robbing. A new york is ~$250 > and takes a lot of HP. A rotary compressor takes less > HP and is easily available for a pick and pull for > ~$25. Just puck a popular model...accord or camry. > > A 115 240D does not have an excess of HP to to waste on a > York. The reliability/life cycle of a york is less > than a Japanese rotary compressor. The sanyos MB uses > typically last for 200-300k miles. > > > > why not just replace it with the proper York > compressor? They should be easy to find new/rebuilt/ > > > > On 12/26/2010 7:20 PM, Dieselhead wrote: > >> My guess is that the body is > solid, if the car has always lived in the desert. > Check for rust/bondo iin the rockers, behind the front > wheel, in front of the rear wheel and in the trunk > wells. It looks like Midnight blue. I don't > remember ever seeing that before a 123. If I lived in Phx, > I'd pay $2000 for it if it is as good as it appears it might > be. 140k is not that much on a OM615 I think > with a litte ingenuity you can rig a rotary compressor from > a honda/toada to fit on the compressor mounting and even use > the original belt size. A compressor from a u-pull > should not be that expensive. Be sure to get the > manifold and a good chunk of each hose with it. > >> > >>> http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/2120225662.html > >>> > > > > -- > > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > > 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E > 4Matic, > > 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 > 380SE 5.0 Euro, > > 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, > 76 300D, > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
