Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:35:37 -0400
Reply-To: "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
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From: "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
Subject: Re: Air Conditioning Work?...Salt Lake
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Oh man!
I just had the T-piece break while driving in rush hour in hot weather
while going up hill. Luckily got to a dealer just before close on
Friday.
Might have to reconsider and just splash water like I did the last time,
and leave the big black furry beast behind!
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Michael
Rule wrote:
> Hi Andree,
>
> I can't offer troubleshooting advice, I'll leave it to the more
> knowledgeable people here- but...
>
> Be prepared, if you open that can of worms, for the possibility of
> great expense and problems! Between the age of the parts, and the
> increased (I believe) pressure of the 134a conversion, I blew
> apart pieces-and-hose after each new piece was replaced; each
> weakest link in the chain going next.
> I started with a broken compressor, and it went from there.
> $2K later it's great to have here in FL, but my savings account
> aches!
>
> Good Luck,
> mike
>
>
> On Fri Jul 02 13:03:58 EDT 2004, "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe this too silly a question - but I bought my '85 Westy and
> > the air
> > conditioning doesn't work. Is there and easy way to tell if it
> > has just
> > been disabled or if it is actually broken? the belts are hooked
> > up.
> >
> > From what I gather to get it to work I might need to convert is
> > anyway
> > which sounds very expensive!
> >
> > I want to drive from Seattle to Salt Lake in August - might just
> > need to
> > do it at night!
> >
> > Would also like to collect some references for mechanics out that
> > way..
> >
> > Andree
> >
> > Andree Hurley
> > http://www.viewit.com
> > KIX Summer Newsletter:
> > http://onwatersports.com/KIX/Newsletters/KayakNewsletterJune04.html
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --------- <:3~ ---------
>
> Michael Rule
> UFL / UFSCC
> Transgenic Core Facility
> CB-033
> 352.392.4210
> http://transgenics.ufscc.ufl.edu
>
> The trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you -
> and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities --
> Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)
>
Andree Hurley
http://www.viewit.com
KIX Summer Newsletter:
http://onwatersports.com/KIX/Newsletters/KayakNewsletterJune04.html
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