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Date:         Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:06:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         Don in North Carolina <Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help...need air condition hose
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Also, since the system has been open to atmosphere for so long, you will need to replace your receiver/dryer unit, and when recharging don't forget the oil!!

Don in Reidsville, NC 1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) "I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wed 30 March 2005 16:49 Subject: Re: Help...need air condition hose

>I would remove both of the long hoses that run to the condenser and take >them to a hydraulic shop and have new ones made. Make sure they use steel - >not aluminum - connectors. They will probably have to reuse the fitting >that connects to the back of the compressor, the rest should be standard >stock. > > The total cost should be under $200.00. > > Eventually you might want to replace the two that run up to the > evaporator, but thats a much larger job. > > Good luck, > > Tim > > John Wallace <jwallace@MSAD43.ORG> wrote: > ...I blew my air conditioner hose (the one that goes from the compressor > to > the Condenser up front) the end of last summer by letting it idle on a hot > day...not too smart! Lost all my refrigerant...now as summer is > approaching I'll miss the cool air. > > I believe that's the high pressure hose?????...can I repair it or is the > pressure too high?????? > > If anyone has a hose, let me know and what the price would be. > > Thanks a zillion, > John Wallace > Rumford, Maine > 88 Wolfsburg Vanagon 4 speed > 123K > > > TJ Hannink > Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition > 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 > Winter Park, Florida > http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanderlodge > FAVOR website: http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon


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