Les, you're making me jealous. I'm north of the boarder, in Toronto, Canada waiting for summer to come. The weather has been pleasant but we haven't seen anything higher than 21C here yet.
Last year I spent 2 months backpacking through Europe and on the flight back home I was planning my next trip... Driving across Canada, from Toronto to Vancouver and then heading south to Cabo San Lucas. While spending some time in Cali. This road trip has to be done in a VW camper or a Wesfallia. This is the road trip of all road trips. There will be no time schedule, I'll just take it as it comes. I just gotta save up. That's it, Mark Reda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> To: "brd" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] r134a conversion > I believe the conversion kits come with the R134 fittings, R134 > refridgerant/lubricant, and a new receiver/dryer. The system has to be > totally evacuated of the old R12. (In California, it is illegal to do this > yourself!) Refilling is accomplished by monitoring pressure rather than by > volume. R134 creates more pressure for the same amount of volume as R12. If > you put in an equivalent amount of R134, it can burst the system and/or ruin > your compressor and you have to start all over again. I'm not an expert so > take this info with a grain of salt. This is the information I received when > I looked into converting one of my cars to the eco-friendly air > conditioning. > > Frustrating to be compelled to make this conversion and just across the > border in Tijuana, the R12 refridgerant sells for ~$2.50 a pint. > > Les > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of brd > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [a2-16v-list] r134a conversion > > > Okay, a couple years ago I replaced my evaporator and had the system > recharged with R12. This spring, it's not blowing cold at all (and the > compressor seems to be working). > > Although, when I have the a/c on, the car idles high, between > 1600-2000rpm. Any ideas what might cause this? Maybe the compressor is > not actually working right? > > I'm thinking of spending the $40-50 and converting to R134a. Aside from > the kit, what all do you need? I have a might-vac vacuum pump. > > Laters, > Brian > -- > 1989 GLI Wolfsburg Ed. > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
