Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:42:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
Comments: To: Jaime Forero <jforero@sbcglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <60C06618915A466687583217135350C2@volkskomputer>
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Check on line. It's a direct replacement, not slippery molecules.

Cools faster than the R12 did at least in my van.


On 7/20/09 1:56 PM, "Jaime Forero" <jforero@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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)
>