Date:         Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:34:55 -0700
Reply-To:     John-Reed Maffeo <rlpa80@EMAIL.SPS.MOT.COM>
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From:         John-Reed Maffeo <rlpa80@EMAIL.SPS.MOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: miserable a/c...'84 Westy
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Steve Cotsford <Piper109@AOL.COM> wrote:

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> I may well get rid of this vehicle because of this shortcoming but I like it
> otherwise.
>
> Thanks for your ideas           Steve


Steve,

My a/c is the front mounted kind, but yours may be suffering from
similar problems.

I recently tore my a/c unit apart in an effort to find the source of
water that was
running out the vents. While doing this I discovered that just about
every bit of
foam sealing tape had disintegrated and that there were big openings for
tubing/hoses
between the cold box and the outside.

The water was leaking out of a broken drain hose connection (fixed with
the
help of J-B Weld). When I reassebeled the unit, I replaced all of the
foam and
double sided sticky tape and I used aluminium foil duct tape to seal up
all of
the holes. In addition I added foam insulation around the pressure hose
on the
inside of the cool air box and reapplied the black sticky insulation
tape to
the metal connectors between the hoses and the evaporator.

The pressure hose is hot and it ran right through the cold air box to
get to the
evaporator! I am thinking about adding insulation to the whole thing
because
heat loss from that hose = cooling loss from the a/c (I think).

Good Luck,

John-Reed Maffeo '86 Syncro - Glacie
Mesa, AZ