HEy all i need to find a place that has reasonable priced r-12 freon somewhere in the san francisco bay area ne help or if there are ne other benz diesel guys out gimme a hollar

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81' 300SD AKA "Big Helga"
84' 300D Euro spec (Veronika)
85' 300D NonCalifornia (Heidi)

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
-Winston Churchill, 1941

"I'll have a Chinchilla!"

Go to www.imaca.org and spend $15 and a few hours to take an open book test online. You will then download a printable certificate that you can use to buy R12 without violating Federal law.

You then can go to any number of sites and buy it so that you KNOW that it is the real thing. I buy from www.refrigerantsales.com.

R12 is coming down in price while 134 is going up, so it is now, more than ever, the time to stick with it for the cars designed to take it.

Good luck,

The refrigerantsales.com site Larry mentioned has as good a price as any I've seen.

Beware though.

You may live in an area that requires more than just a 609 cert. to buy R-12. There are states, municipalities that will only allow the sale of R-12 to shops/techs/etc. and not guys with a card in their wallet.

I'd call the refrigerantsales.com place first and see if they're able to ship to "individuals" in SF before embarking on the EPA test.

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Mike Murrell
1991 300-SEL - Model 126
M103 - SOHC
"Fräulein"

That's why I was specific in saying that the 609 would allow you to buy it without violating FEDERAL law.

Good luck,

well not only buy although that does seem like a damn good option, i will have to inestigate that more, also service stations in the sf bay area that have it for cheap if anybody knows somewhere. so i can refer other people as well thanks for all the advice i will check out that test. BTW has any one taken it how hard/easy is it etc. Thanks Again Trevor

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81' 300SD AKA "Big Helga"
84' 300D Euro spec (Veronika)
85' 300D NonCalifornia (Heidi)

"We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job."
-Winston Churchill, 1941

"I'll have a Chinchilla!"

we get ours from a vendor here in san diego, they are griffins a/c service, telephone number is 619-234-7995 it sells for $700.00 for a 30 pound bottle ask for Junior, we have not had any problems with freon from them, whe use an identifier to check for other than R12 being in the bottle, and have found nothing out of the ordinary.