Date:         Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:15:58 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: R134a in 88 Weekender.
Comments: To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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Hey Stan, get on the horn, call Brewster's in Anchorage, Alaska and they
will send you some kick-ass suspenders with hardware that will last a
very long time.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Stan Wilder wrote:

>Take those three empty cans and that Chinese can tapper back to Wal Mart.
>They'll give your money back.
>I returned a pair of jeans after six months when the zipper just let go
>along one side.
>I often wear suspenders and the clasps never last, after about a month
>they just give up.
>I don't give up I go and get my money back.
>The only way you're going to get better quality is to cost them money.
>The coolest thing about Wal Mart is that you can get a refund faster than
>standing in line to buy something.
>
>Stan Wilder
>
>On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:13:15 -0500 VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
>writes:
>
>
>>I went to walmart tonight and bout the little kit for 134a.
>>It contained some couplers of different sizes, 3 cans of r134a a
>>valve
>>and a hose.
>>I put the right coupler on the cold side connector of the air
>>conditioning in the
>>engine compartment.  Puncturing the r134 can isn't easy.  Once you
>>start
>>you must push very hard and twist the can on.  Then the valve is
>>made
>>from
>>plastic and the threads stripped.  I got one can in the air
>>conditioning.
>>I had to go to an auto zone and get a metal valve and hose.  These
>>didn't strip the
>>threads but it was very hard to puncture the R134a can and get it
>>threaded onto the
>>valve.  I put it on the ground and pushed and got it on without
>>loosing
>>all the gas.
>>Once I got three cans in the airconditioning it started working
>>real
>>well.  I'll have to
>>wait and see how long it keeps cooling this summer.
>>Oh, the kit was $33.00 and the other good valve and hose was
>>$13.00.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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