Date:         Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:31:47 -0400
Reply-To:     David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: R12 or R134 - How to distinguish?
Comments: To: James V <tornadored@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <C0C7EA7A.1B615%tornadored@gmail.com>
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Well, it doesn't take a fitting on the high side to charge it (shadetree) so
he may have just not put it on there...

If he was so cheap as to pull off that valve to use on another vehicle, why
would he waste his time putting on the high side if it wasn't required?

Are you going to be charging/recharging? If so, on a close to 20 yr old
vehicle it may behoove you to drain it all out and clean the lines and start
over anyway...sounds like even if it has 134 in it, it may not be worth
keeping ;-)

Just my thoughts...

Dave

On 6/28/06, James V <tornadored@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to tell if the AC is R12 or R134, BESIDES the low/high side
> fittings?
>
> When I purchased my 88 Westy over a year ago, the previous owner (whom
> I've
> found no reason not to trust), said the van had previously (by the prior
> owner) been converted to R134.  But when I went to fill, I noticed that it
> did not have the R134 low side fitting.
>
> I contacted the seller, and he recalled that he thinks he filled it, and
> then may have removed the fitting for use on another van.
>
> So then I checked the high-side fitting, and that does not have the R134
> fitting either.  Weird.
>
> So, is there a way for me to tell what I have in there?  If not, what
> should
> my next course of action be, assuming there's the possibility that R134
> may
> have been added to an R12 system?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James V
> 88 Westy
>



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