Date:         Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:13:48 -0700
Reply-To:     James Ballen <ballenjames@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         James Ballen <ballenjames@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Looking for A/C system
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Can't say I know where to get a system installed in Texas, sorry...
but I will chime in on the dash-mounted A/C system.  My '83 Country Homes
Camper had it installed at about 350 miles into the van's life.  I don't
think it every got recharged, as the PO said he never used it.

Yesterday I bought one of the $35 134a recharge/retrofit kits, and installed
it.  It was not hard to do at all once you figure out where your service
ports are and which one is which.  Mine were labeled "S" and "D", which I
interpreted and Suction and Discharge, and were both located on the side of
the compressor in the engine bay.

Once the compressor kicked in, it started to blow REALLY cold.  I gotta say,
the 4 dash mounted vents may not cool the whole cabin as quickly as some
other setups, but they sure do cool the driver and passenger pretty damn
fast...

The only thing I screwed up was while tightening the cheesy screw-on adapter
for the high-side valve, I stripped the threads out.  I just put the old cap
back on.  Hopefully I won't need to access the discharge anyway!

hope this helps.

-James

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>Date:    Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:27:49 -0400
>From:    Brett Baer <brettbaer@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Looking for A/C System
>
>Larry Chase has a dash mounted front AC in the RoadHaus. Got in
>installed down in Texas.
>
>Does anyone know more about this?
>Thanks,
>Brett Baer
>'87 Syncro Westfalia in squelching hot Austin, TX

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