[R129 SL] R129LIST Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24

[Steven P Watts]

Please remove me from the mailing list.
 
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From: Matthias Fouquet-Lapar
Date: 28/06/2007 07:14:32
To: r129list at mbcoupes.com
Subject: Re: [R129 SL] R129LIST Digest, Vol 30, Issue 24
 
There has been a problem within a certain time frame with evaparotors,
both on W140 and R129. Alhough it's a well know problem, I would be
interested to hear what other car manufacturer would pay to fix a
problem on > 10 years old car.
Some of the comments on this list regarding A/C are just frightning,
like the one who was thinking about charging more gas because the
cooling ws intermittent. The R129 (in particular later models) have a
_lot_ of on-board diagnostics which let's you diagnose the problem.
Otherwise, a pair of standard gauges will do it. It also assumes that
you know what you are doing of course. I do all my maintenance,
including A/C work, on my 500SL and 500SE (W126). I converted my 500SE
to R134a 3 years ago without a problem (replaced only the dryer) and it
has been cooling fine since then.
I'm German, living here in France, and have access to all Mercedes
documentation which really helps. There are also exceptional good
(German) mailing aliases which even include specialists from the factory
who build the cars.
Frankly, some of these discussions on this mailing list are frightning
to me (when it for example gets to the roof) and my impression that 90%
of te problems are home-made or an original minor fault is turned into a
big project because of ignorance.
 
These are extremely fine cars and will last forever if you take correct
care, have access to the right documentation and some limited amount of
tools
 
My 0.02 Eur
 
- Matthias
 
 
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