but do you need to? can't you just unbolt everything and move the compressor to the side?

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Prost!

Eggzaceraly!

Venting would no doubt cause a number of Berkeley hippies to expire!

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

Umm...

Is this supposed to be encouraged or is that a bad thing?

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-Josh
Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...

Glass houses - throwing stones. I lived in Seattle for years and my parents lived in OlyWA. I drove through Tacoma many times. Ahhh, the aroma.

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Hey, you got a brother named Tim who wanders this forum? You sound just like him.

And uh, easy there son, I'm 56 and I got money that says I could work circles around you.

Berkeley hippie. Tired stereotyping, etc.

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Seems like a good week to resurrect threads....and you fellas seem like you know A/C systems.
I have 85 300D which seems to leak at the low pressure port. My valve cover cap slows down the leak but after a year or two I have to recharge so I decided to change what I thought was a Schrader valve.
I had the system properly evacuated and then tried using my tire valve removal tool but my tool doesn't seem to work, there aren't any blocks on the valve for it fit on.
So I'm wondering do I need some special removal tool for this valve and is it in fact a simple schrader valve? If the installed valve is just old and the fittings have broken off, is there a safe removal procedure? Its starting to get hot where I live, please advise.

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Ed "Don't Benz's just feel better..."

Current wives...
2000 ML430 Skyview "The Mel"
2000 CLK430 Cab "The Cab"
85 300D Turbo "The Diesel"

Past wives...
92 300E
85 190E

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to
avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond
this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to
interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways."
Bertrand Russell