Sounds like an opportunity to make a DIY kit and sell it for around $1500! Mark Drillock wrote: ". . . It looks like the retail parts cost for the whole new system would be about $800, dash unit, compressor, fittings, hoses, condenser, dryer, etc. I may decide to spend $600 more on the special tools to make my own hoses from the parts since I will want to duplicate the effort on several vans." Mark |
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