R134a conversion?

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Nate,
I have all A/C components if you needed something.


On 4/18/06, Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Nate Mellom wrote:
>
> > My '88 has (I'm assuming) non-functional A/C.  It hasn't been warm
> > enough to test it, but I've never had a car with A/C that works.
> > What's involved in the conversion?  Can I just got to my FLAPS and
> > get some cans of R134a and fill it up, or is it more involved than
> > that? I'm assuming it is.
>
> I did it on the '84 and '86 I used to have.  Assuming you've replaced
> the leaky component (usually the condensor), you should replace the O-
> rings at the same time.  Apparently old R-12 soaked o-rings break
> down when exposed to R-134a.
>
> You'll need a conversion kit to change the adaptors.  It also helps
> to pull a vacuum onto the system.
>
> I have the recharge hardware here (adaptors, vacuum gauge, vacuum
> pump) if you want to bring the car up here.  You'll need the R134a
> conversion kit.  I was told they won't sell them in WI; I ended up
> bringing one back from me from NY.  Maybe they do in IL, you could
> zip down there and get one.
>
> All in all, it's pretty easy.
>
> LMK.  If you wanted to just bring the car up and we could put a
> vacuum on the system and see if it holds, we could do that too.
>
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