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Old 06-22-2011, 02:44 PM
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As I am about to dive into rebuilding the a/c on my W123, thisis great news. (I may need a new compressor)

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Higher BTUs, less power consumption, internal oil sump, etc.
Sounds great. I swapped a new sanden into one of my older Porsche's nad had awesome a/c performance on R134a.




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Best pricing I have found is about $450 without compressor.
Are you referring to the Kit only (OM617). ?

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In comparison the exact same style kit for my 735i set me back $120.
Is that Really $120? or $1200?

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... Figure about $30/ea to make the new low and high side hoses, cheap. The thing I am concerned about are the oil cooler hoses.
good to know hose fab will be cheap, why are you concerned about oil cooler hoses?


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At least we do know the kit exists.
Do we? Is there a link to a site offering such a 'kit' and what does it include?
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