Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:56:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Jaime Forero <jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Jaime Forero <jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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Subject:      Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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Where is the Maxi Fridge available??  On line??  Is thi s direct substitute
for R12?? On my 91 vanagon, my mechanic started using Freeze 12 a long time
ago. It works well but in Houston it takes quite a bit of time for the cabin
to cool down to where it is comfortable.  Great for long hauls when the van
is not stopping and going in traffic.
cheers
_______________________________
Jaime Forero
Siempre Adelante!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade


>I used some stuff called Maxi-Frig. Direct drop in. Not supposed to put a
> vacuum on the system, just load it in.
>
> Works great! Well I mean for a van. Cold air at least, very cold.
>
> Held for about a year now.
>
> YMMV
>
> Mike From Marin
>
>
> On 7/20/09 1:00 PM, "Michael Hart" <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>> After a weekend of driving through some of the hot parts of CA & NV
>> (100 -
>> 103F in places), AC system repair / upgrade has moved to the top of my
>> 'to-do'
>> list (that together with transmission overhaul, but that's a separate
>> post...). The system was last working fine (well for a Westy that is) for
>> two
>> summers after a system charge in Spring 2007, but the freon has obviously
>> leaked away since then. I'm considering conversion to Freeze-12 rather
>> than
>> another R12 recharge (since the R12 will undoubtably leak away again,
>> adding
>> to the ozone hole..). Advice from anyone who has done this conversion
>> would be
>> appreciated. I am ready to attempt this myself, but would consider a shop
>> job
>> if anyone knows of capable AC shops in the San Francisco Bay Area.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike ('87 Westy)