Date:         Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:18:25 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: help w/ charging/filling AC
Comments: To: dusty edwards <dusty.edwards@MAC.COM>
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I have done some reading where R134a now has some controversy
surrounding it, as evidence mounts as to whether it is really all that
environmentally friendly. It seems that no matter what is done, there
are problems associated.

If your system has not already been converted to R134a, then perhaps you
might want to investigate the alternatives pretty thoroughly before
making the change.

For some time, I considered changing over to R134a, but after a lot of
reading decided to stay with the R12 for the time being. It does, after
all perform better and the system was designed for it.  My choice  has,
for the moment, settled on Freeze 12, as the best performing
alternative, should I decide to change out the R12.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver



dusty edwards wrote:

> i'd like to use this R-134 do-it-yourself kit that i just purchased,
> however i'm not 100% sure if my '90 Westy has been converted or not.
>
> i bought the vehicle last summer and had it charged last summer by Ken
> Morgan, here in Denver..........for those of you that are familiar w/
> Denver area mechanics.  i don't remember much about my conversation w/
> Ken in regard to this job, but i do remember him telling me that he was
> going to put a vacuum on the unit to extract whatever was already in
> there - he then filled it (with whatever) and i paid him about $75...i
> think.
>
> so, i pose two questions:
>
> 1. is there a way to tell if the system has been converted?
>
> 2. is there a chance that Ken filled the unit w/ R-134 (after vacuuming
> or cleaning it) to run off of the original system?  (would R-134 even
> work in the old (unconverted) system?)  ...if so, can i just refill the
> system w/ R-134?
>
> thanks for your help!!!
> dusty.
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