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> Peter - this seal was new about ten or twelve years ago, and now it is time
> for a another new seal (my other 124, the '95 E
Century Bob is my ac hero, hahaha.
Rick
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Evapectomy
Peter - this seal was new about ten or twelve years ago, and now it is time
Peter - this seal was new about ten or twelve years ago, and now it is time
for a another new seal (my other 124, the '95 E300, just had the compressor
shaft seal expire and then got all new seals for that compressor).
Just took a peek, with the help of a UV light, nice green dye glow from the
The new seals often leak a tiny bit when freshly installed, they wear in and
seal properly after a few hours of running.
And sometimes they keep leaking, alas.
Peter
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 10:32:16 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes
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> I've got plenty of the propane / butane blend on hand, so I decided to
> press ahead and find out for sure. Swapped in new receiver / dryer,
> pulled a vacuum for 30 minutes then let that sit for 30 minutes, it
> lost about
Well I believe I may still have a leak somewhere. Prime suspect is the
shaft seal on this compressor (just did the shaft seal / complete reseal on
the compressor in the '95 car).
I charged the system with 120 psi of CO2 on Saturday night, by Sunday
morning that had dropped to about 25 psi.
I
Yes on pictures! I took a bunch as it all came apart, helped a lot during
reassembly.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
On June 30, 2019 12:14:53 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
wrote:
>I do the ziploc bag thing whenever I take anything that’s remotely
>complex apart, and I take pictures as I go
I do the ziploc bag thing whenever I take anything that’s remotely complex
apart, and I take pictures as I go along.
For example, when I did the firewall material on the finnie yesterday, the
“before” pictures helped me to identify where the holes would be for the wiring
harness clamps, as
THanks! I'll add that to Wilton's instruction.
Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 6/30/19 10:51 AM:
There are a few mistakes in the service manual procedures that slowed me
down a bit.
The glove box must be removed to disconnect the right front speaker, the
small suction motor for the
There are a few mistakes in the service manual procedures that slowed me
down a bit.
The glove box must be removed to disconnect the right front speaker, the
small suction motor for the interior temp. sensor, and the light for the
vent control. Removing the glove box (or the airbag on later
strong work! Waytago!
Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 6/29/19 8:36 PM:
Almost done.
White Whale is back together, new evaporator and re-used the vacuum pods from
Wilton's 300D. Vacuumed the AC system, then charged with dry CO2 at 120 psi as
a test.
I need more parts to finish: receiver /
On Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:36:13 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
> Almost done.
>
> White Whale is back together, new evaporator and re-used the vacuum
> pods from Wilton's 300D. Vacuumed the AC system, then charged with dry
> CO2 at 120 psi as a test.
>
> I need more parts to finish:
Almost done.
White Whale is back together, new evaporator and re-used the vacuum pods from
Wilton's 300D. Vacuumed the AC system, then charged with dry CO2 at 120 psi as
a test.
I need more parts to finish: receiver / dryer, and foam tubes for the
condensate drain from the heater box.
Excellent! Good luck on reassembly!
-D
> On Jun 29, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> After four hours of effort over two days, heater box is out of the car (White
> Whale).
>
> If there are no issues, should have it back together this evening.
> --
> Max Dillon
>
After four hours of effort over two days, heater box is out of the car (White
Whale).
If there are no issues, should have it back together this evening.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
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On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:41:41 -0400 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
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> Max gets to have all the fun!
>
> --FT
Perhaps you can help him and share the wealth ...
Craig
> > On Jun 26, 2019, at 8:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> > wrote:
> >
> > Going to be an expert soon.
> >
> >
Max gets to have all the fun!
--FT
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> On Jun 26, 2019, at 8:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Going to be an expert soon.
>
> Tonight on the drive home, AC in the '95 E300 is weak. Put on the gauges,
> charge is low. Get out the sniffer, confirm massive leak of
Too bad there isn’t some sort of group discount….
Bummer.
-D
> On Jun 26, 2019, at 8:59 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Going to be an expert soon.
>
> Tonight on the drive home, AC in the '95 E300 is weak. Put on the gauges,
> charge is low. Get out the sniffer, confirm
Going to be an expert soon.
Tonight on the drive home, AC in the '95 E300 is weak. Put on the gauges,
charge is low. Get out the sniffer, confirm massive leak of refrigerant
via the center vents => evapectomy time on car #2.
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Max
Charleston SC
This week is the second anniversary of the evapectomy on my '87 300D; 'working
well, so far.
Wilton
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Can't believe how fast the past two years have passed! I feels more like 6
months since you were posting about the evap. Good job on the work Wilton,
I'm sure it's not a job you have any desire to do again! I remember some of
the pictures you posted. Yikes. It looked like one of those, remove
Congratulations!
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From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 10:50:48
To: mercedes listmercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Evapectomy
This week is the second anniversary of the evapectomy on my '87 300D
Great!
I have to do one on my 87 this month, it's getting to hot to drive
with the windows open all the time, to say nothing of too noisy.
Huge PITA, but I have to even if I just want heat, since all the vac
servos are dying and it's impossible to replace a couple of them with
the heater
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