Date:         Sat, 8 Jul 2006 22:15:20 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Freeze 12 Update
Comments: To: Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM>
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Maggie,

Do I under stand that you WANT to run R134a in your system??

As I understand it, to use Freeze 12, supposedly a near perfect
replacement for Freon R12, the R12 system must first be converted to a
R134a system in the first place, and then and only then can you convert
to Freeze 12 So you actually go from Freon R12 to R134a then to Freeze 12.

I have not actually seen this, but I suspect that one reason for this
R134a conversion BEFORE using Freeze 12 is that you must use the R134a
fittings for the Freeze 12. I could be way wrong about that, but I
certainly would find out.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver



Maggie Dew wrote:
> I searched for a few weeks and couldn't find a shop who would deal
> with my
> AC system with Freeze 12 in it.  Finally, while I was talking to yet
> another
> mechanic who wouldn't touch it, he suggested I go to a FLAPS and see if I
> could find out who is BUYING Freeze 12.  Now why didn't I think of
> that?  I
> went to the Checker store here in Santa Fe and Sef (the manager I think)
> spent a fair amount of time on the phone tracking this down, eventually
> calling the regional distributor.  Through him I found a shop in
> Albuquerque
> who will convert the Freeze 12 to R134.  They were also willing to
> listen to
> me about using enough oil in the dual system (10-12 ounces instead of
> 4), so
> maybe, just maybe, I will have AC next week when I go pick up three
> grandkids and a dog in Oklahoma.
>
> Maggie
> '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"
>
>