Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:21:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Kep Koeppel <koeppel.frederick@GENE.COM>
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From:         Kep Koeppel <koeppel.frederick@GENE.COM>
Subject:      Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
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Mike,
    Give Detlev at International Auto in Livermore a call at 925-447-8224.
Not sure he handles Freeze-12, but is the most knowledgable, honest mechanic
I've ever met, was trained in Germany and knows vanagons inside/out
including A/C.
Kep

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Michael Hart
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 1:01 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade

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)