Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:27:13 +0000
Reply-To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: I've got Air Conditioning!!!!
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And then swing down through Round Hill Virginia? My '85 all works except it blows cool air, not cold enough to say it "works". Sure would have loved to have it this past weekend. Rainy, humid and hot! Very uncomfortable!! Jeff
Jeff Stewart
----- Original Message -----
Hey Tim any plans to pass through Winnipeg :)
Jeff
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:44:46 -0500
> From: inua@CHARTER.NET
> Subject: I've got Air Conditioning!!!!
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> After a hiatus of several years - about 8-9 - without A/C I decide it
> was time. The unusual heat this summer prompted me to get on with it. So
> - I did.
>
> Since there was no compressor in there for years, and the system was
> open, I decided to go with new(rebuilt compressor) new expansion valve,
> new receiver/dryer, and a complete flush of the entire system, and all
> new seals. Pulled a vacuum check and it held, Still holding a day later.
> It was here that the fun really began.
>
> There was no power to the compressor. It was here that Tim (TJ) Hannink
> came to the rescue. Though from New Orleans, he was up this way working
> and is very knowledgeable about the AC system among other things. He
> came over and put his experienced eye on the problem, and he went
> through the wiring system completely, testing all the relays one by one,
> and the connections. Bingo - found a bad pin in the connector in the
> long wire that runs from the control console up front to the rear
> through the tunnel to the rear blowers. and compressor relay. He fixed
> that in short order and had me ready to add refrigerant. Had that done
> this morning and it all worked. Man - that thing will freeze a halibut!!
>
> On other fronts, he found a few other problems and got all three of my
> vans putting like kittens. And one big item - he found and reconnected a
> vacuum line on my Carat and that solved the stalling problem I was
> having and reported to this list.
>
> I got one thing to say. Kudo's for TJ Hannick!!!!
>
> John
>
>
> --
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
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