Date:         Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:47:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: AC Conversion
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You'd at least want to change the receiver/drier (about $60).  If you
don't, you'll be mixing incompatible oils and that wouldn't be a good
thing.  Of course cleaner was run through the system and it was properly
evacuated.  The compressor was completely removed so that all the "old"
oil could be drained from it.

The receiver/drier and the O-Rings is all I changed when I converted
from R-12 to R-134.  It has gone through 2 summers and 2 winters since
and still has its charge and cools reasonably well.

Mike


Matthew C. Huntley wrote:
> While standing in my Local FLAPs, I spotted a conversion kit for
> converting AC from R-12 to R-134. It was around $50.00. I have a 1986
> VanagonGL, and for a moment I was tempted. Any Idea if that would be a
> good idea, or not?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
> --
> Any opinions stated here are my own, otherwise someone else would have
> said them.
>