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Date:         Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:27:01 +0000
Reply-To:     Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon a/c
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20120628111916.7RGPH.276112.imail@eastrmwml205>
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SOrry yes I mean the evaporator not the condenser. Sorry about that. > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:19:16 -0500 > From: mcneely4@cox.net > To: fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Vanagon a/c > > Jamie, are you referring to the evaporator rather than the condenser? The condenser is up front, with the radiator: http://www.familycar.com/Classroom/ac1.htm mcneely > > ---- Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > So with this cabinet thing. THe upper COndenser isnt mounted to anything? the cabinet just holds it there? I need to replace my expansion valve as it appears to be plugged. > > > Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 21:17:24 -0400 > > > From: dvdclarksn@AOL.COM > > > Subject: Re: Vanagon a/c > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > It's not so much the parts but the labor that you can get into if the cabinet has to be dropped to get to the expansion valve. If you do the job yourself I would suggest constructing some sort of table that can support the cabinet while you reconnect the wiring hoses and other fittings. Be careful of the fittings on the drain tray that will be very brittle and will break easily. My system was working great and then one day near the end of the season last year I heard a pop from up there in that cabinet and everything got warm. I'm dreading going through that ordeal again.:( > > > > > > David Clarkson > > > 90 Westy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> > > > To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > > Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 4:31 pm > > > Subject: Re: Vanagon a/c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lasted maybe one year after a $450 refill with freon at the VW dealer. It's > > > still the freon (R12) system and I'm not prepared to pay the cost of regular R12 > > > refills so it has to be a conversion to R134. > > > > How much should it cost to have this done? I was quoted a $1000 flat fee by > > > one place but that seems expensive. Is a lot of labor involved? Can a regular > > > a/c place handle this or is the Vanagon system too unusual? > > > > > > > > -David (1987 Wolfsburg) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > David McNeely


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