All sarcasm accepted... I've certainly taken some lately for taking on this project... ;)))
If you truly want to find out who your friends are.. buy a 40ft. Mercedes motor coach and ask them to "help you work on it".. hahaha.. Oil thread anyone.. it holds 28 quarts.. Coolant.. 33 gallons .. Transmission... 8 gallons.. you get the picture... it's big.. Grant... On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I think you missed Mr. Cathey's sarcasm. :) > > Some of the big capacity must be for bringing the system to the front of a > motor coach, those lines are long. Still 42# seems like a lot, 42oz would > be almost 3#, 42# is around 10 gallons of propane... > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134 > > > That's what nitrogen is good for. Pull it down with a vacuum, charge it to > 200 PSI with nitrogen, then see if it leaks down. Dye would be handy here, > too. > > Are you sure it's 42 pounds? That seems like a lot. > > I would suspect that 42 pounds of R13 would cost a small fortune, however, > I don't think I would want 42 pounds of propane in my vehicle, either... > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> The R12 charge for my "new Mercedes" is 42 lbs. Thus, I have "skin in > >> this game" because the system is currently empty and purged, needing > refill. > > > > This system sounds like it needs thorough testing before you > > subject the world to a potential leak of that magnitude! :-) > > > > I believe a decade or so is a long enough test. That quantity > > would be not so easy to come up with, probably a commercial > > HC refrigerant source would be more practical, you could get > > it in those BBQ-tank sized containers. > > > > I think the R290/R600a combination works pretty well. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
