Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-15 Thread Max Dillon
: Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger? On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:28:48 -0400 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Are there perforations in the rust? Getting the txv out of a 126 is much harder than a 123. You will need metric crowfoot tubing wrenches. The evaporator is a gnarly little job

Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-15 Thread Craig
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:07:27 -0700 (PDT) Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: TXV = Thermostatic Expansion Valve for AC system. Oh. I had only heard of TXV in relation to reliability grading of semiconductors, as in JAN-TXV. Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-15 Thread Walt Zarnoch
'73 Balboa 20 Charleston SC From: Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Mon, March 14, 2011 2:28:55 AM Subject: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger? Was offered an 85 126 300sd in need of a rear window swap

[MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-14 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Was offered an 85 126 300sd in need of a rear window swap, AC fix, and some brake work (it eats master cylinders?). It's at a very lucrative sub-Kaleb price, and has rust at the front jack points, 250K on the engine, 300K-ish on the chassis. Engine is strong, swapped in from an 84 123 iirc. I

Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-14 Thread Max Dillon
, March 14, 2011 2:28:55 AM Subject: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger? Was offered an 85 126 300sd in need of a rear window swap, AC fix, and some brake work (it eats master cylinders?). It's at a very lucrative sub-Kaleb price, and has rust at the front jack points, 250K on the engine, 300K-ish

Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-14 Thread John Reames
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Mon, March 14, 2011 2:28:55 AM Subject: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger? Was offered an 85 126 300sd in need of a rear window swap, AC fix, and some brake work (it eats master cylinders?). It's at a very lucrative sub-Kaleb price, and has

Re: [MBZ] Should I pull the trigger?

2011-03-14 Thread Craig
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:28:48 -0400 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Are there perforations in the rust? Getting the txv out of a 126 is much harder than a 123. You will need metric crowfoot tubing wrenches. The evaporator is a gnarly little job too... txv? Craig