working
great when I sold the van 17 years later.
Wilton
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From: ned kleinhenz via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van dual
Curly,
The Dodge was an '88 Grand Caravan. It's A/C compressor failed IIRC.
Ned
I suspected it was pre-MB. The 97 and later vans are pretty good.
By 99 they were pretty dependable. the little square boxyones like
your 88 had problems.
I've had 99, 2000 and 09
Curly,
The Dodge was an '88 Grand Caravan. It's A/C compressor failed IIRC.
Ned
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Thanks to everybody for the advice and enlightenment.
For the most part, you have all reinforced what I was thinking. Just
wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything.
Actually, the evaporator itself is probably not leaking. The service
adviser described the leaks as being in the o-ring joints
:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van dual zone a/c
A good AC shop can probably fix it for half what the dealership wanted or
less...
-Curt
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On 8/11/15 8:53 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Boy my emails take a long time to show up huh? I sent that one just before 5
and it
Thanks to everybody for the advice and enlightenment.
For the most part, you have all reinforced what I was thinking. Just
wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything.
Actually, the evaporator itself is probably not leaking. The service
adviser described the leaks as being in the o-ring joints
I think I would be complaining to Toyota too.
Notwithstanding the fact that the vehicle is 10 years old, why would the
evaporator be corroded?
I had an 86 Chevy Suburban with dual air and had some trouble with the
aluminum pipes under the vehicle being eaten by salt until I figured out
a way
My favorite reply to You can't do that is, Just watch.
Wilton
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From: G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van dual
A good AC shop can probably fix it for half what the dealership wanted or
less...
-Curt
From: G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Cc: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van
Friends don't let friends drive a toada.
get a dogde. They run 300 to 350k miles and the A/c works.
I see no reason why you can't plug off the rear. Plug em and charge
the remaining system.
My wife drives a 2006 Toyota Sienna. The air conditioning in that mini-van
lost its refrigerant.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van dual zone a/c
Operative word here is Dealer...
Take it to a well versed independent AC shop and have them put in a piece
of line that bypasses the rear evap unit, then recharge the system.
The rear unit
Operative word here is Dealer...
Take it to a well versed independent AC shop and have them put in a piece
of line that bypasses the rear evap unit, then recharge the system.
The rear unit is plumbed in series with the front unit as far as the
coolant flow, most likely. One compressor feeds both
'Certainly should be able to if the refrigerant lines to the rear evap are
blocked/rerouted so as to isolate the rear evap from the system and the
lines for the front evap are connected so as to provide a complete circuit
only to/from the front evap.
In '75 I added an AC evaporator to rear of
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Mini-van dual zone a/c
The rear unit is plumbed in series with the front unit as far as the
coolant flow, most likely.
Unlikely. Remember how AC works: it is not pumping cold
G Mann wrote:
The rear unit is plumbed in series with the front unit as
far as the coolant flow, most likely.
Jim wrote:
Unlikely.
My read on it is that there are TWO expansion
valves, all is is wired in parallel. The
compressor/condenser is sized up accordingly.
That's how my
Curly, I stand corrected. Your verbal diagram is the more likely
arrangement.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
The rear unit is plumbed in series with the front unit as far as the
coolant flow, most likely.
Unlikely. Remember how AC
Uh, I think that was Jim, whom I quoted.
Curly, I stand corrected. Your verbal diagram is the more likely
arrangement.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Unlikely. Remember how AC works: it is not pumping cold fluid around,
it is
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