HI Everyone. Yesterday, when I was at my local dealer, I found out about the R-12 to R-134A freon upgrade kit that VW will be making available ... even for the Vanagon. The kit consists of the followiing (all prices in CDN $$$) freon (R-134A) $75 labour (3 hours @ $79/hr) $237 adapter kit approx. $175 The adapter kit will consist of a new receiver/dryer and various new seals that have to be changed at every hose joint, etc. VW hasn't set the price yet, but my dealer has just trained 3 mechanics to do this conversion work, and hopes to make this available by the end of May/97. Now, he did warn me by saying that R-134A is no where near as efficient as R-12 systems in cooling. Can anyone vouch for that? Harry.
Harry Yates, Langley, British Columbia Canada '90 Syncro Westfalia WWW - http://syncro.cr.bcit.bc.ca/hyates '87 Golf Diesel email: hyates@bcit.bc.ca '91 Miata (Millie)
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