Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 05:32:42 -0000
Reply-To: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: AC Freon
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Just as a warning refrigerant from appliances is extremely flammable. I
would NEVER put it in my car or van. There is a reason R12 is no longer used
and furthermore there is a reason that automotive refrigerant is
specifically just for automotive use.
>
>Or you can be illegally resourceful.
>I bought a vacuum pump and recovery tank from a pawn shop for $45.
>Gauges were another 30.
>A friend gave me a old rusted out refrigerator that had a good charge of
>R-12 in it.
>A piercing tap on the copper line and the recovery tank hooked up drained
>it
>nicely.
>This went directly into my Audi, which blows cold air once again...
>
>Note: this has been a hypothetical story to entertain the list and I in no
>way did or took part in any of the above actions.
>Ah Hmm.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> > Of Mark Mages
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:36 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: AC Freon
> >
> >
> > hehehe - surely you aren't serious.
> >
> > If you can even get freon (very illegal unless you are
> > a certified mechanic) you need a recovery tank, and a
> > bunch of other $$$ equipment to do it correctly.
> >
> > Since 1991, you only option is pretty much to go to a
> > mechanic, and pay exorbitantly high fees to have your
> > AC system recharged. I have never had work done on
> > the AC system where it cost less than $500. They
> > always find a 'problem' with the drier, evaporator,
> > clamps, hoses....
> >
> > Unless you live where it is very hot, I wouldn't even
> > bother. a totally rebuilt Westy AC system barely kept
> > my vanagon bareable in the Houston summers, and it
> > sucked so much power from the engine I got in the
> > habit of driving around in my boxers and drinking a
> > lot of AquaFina.
> >
> > Just my .02
> > Mark
> > --- timnew <timnew@PACBELL.NET> wrote:
> > > I want to put some AC freon in my 86 GL. I've never
> > > done this before. What
> > > kind of freon do I need? what other equipment might
> > > I need? where do I
> > > install the freon?
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > 86 GL
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Mark
> > Music is the soundtrack to the Low Budget B-movie that is my life.
> >
> > 87 Westfalia Gl
> > 84 Scirocco 8v
> > http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/
> >
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Chris DeLong
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