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a/c retrofit kit??
DaBoyz (Pep Boys) about a year ago but I didn't do the conversion until
about 3 months ago... Approx $50 with 2 cans or Conversion Oil and one can
of R134 w/leak sealant.
-Raffi
At 03:52 AM 6/29/02 +0000, you wrote:
>do you know where you got the castrol seal kit and how
>much it was ?
>--
>====
>ATS - Patrick Bureau
>1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
>1988 16v (project car!!)
> > I used a kit from Castrol and replaced all the seals except for the
> ones on
> > the evaporator cuz I was lazy and didn't want to pull it out. On my test
> > run I was getting 85F out of the vents with the fan on 3 and after
> > switching the A/C on, not max position for recycle, I was getting 37'ish.
> >
> > Better than my 8V or 16V ever did on R-12
> >
> > -Raffi
> >
> > At 03:50 PM 6/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
> > >the 134a conversion kits come with an 'r-12 seal safe' conversion type of
> > >oil. this allows r134 to
> > >be used directly in a non-modified r12 system.
> > >Al
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Corey Muscavitz" <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>
> > >To: "Allyn" <amalventano1@comcast.net>; <Captnbr@aol.com>;
> > ><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:29 PM
> > >Subject: Re: a/c retrofit kit??
> > >
> > >
> > > > well obviously you want to draw a vacuum on the sys. to get all of the
> > > > moisture and "non-condensables" out of the piping, reciver-dryer,
> condenser
> > > > and evaporator. in school we just went over all of the HAVC
> theory, so
> > > it's
> > > > all pretty fresh in my mind. i'm not too familiar with the kits
> you get
> > > > from pep-boys or what not, do they come with oil and all the new
> > > fitings you
> > > > need? and as far as temp. goes, the only thing that is a big
> difference
> > > > between r-12 and r-134a (besides the price) is how efficently it
> transfers
> > > > heat energy. they say that for a r-134a system to work as good as
> > > r-12, you
> > > > need an evaporator that is about 1/2 again as large as the origional.
> > > > something that also affects a/c output is this little thing they
> call "heat
> > > > load" . this is a combination of abient air temp, humidity, "sun
> > > load", and
> > > > the amount of people in the vehicle. the more heat load there is
> on the
> > > > system, the warmer the outlet temp is going to be. annother
> drawback of
> > > > r-134a is that a small r-12 leak is will leak more with r-134a, due
> to the
> > > > fact that the r-134a molecule is smaller than an r-12
> molecule. but as far
> > > > as being the best "bang for your buck" r-134a is definatly the way
> to go.
> > > > not to mention that it's more ozone safe than r-12. sorry for the
> ranting,
> > > > but i just aced my hvac final today, so i've got a pretty big ego
> right now
> > > > and need to show off my knowledge of the subject. ;) thanks for
> listening
> > > > to me rant.
> > > > corey
> > > > 88 16v
> > > > 82 green machine
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
> > > > To: <Captnbr@aol.com>; <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:02 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: a/c retrofit kit??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > i've gotten a 134a conversion to hit 40F at the vents. the only
> thing i
> > > > did differently was draw a
> > > > > vacuum on the system prior to refilling.
> > > > > Al
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <Captnbr@aol.com>
> > > > > To: <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:40 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: a/c retrofit kit??
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > In a message dated Wed, 26 Jun 2002 8:14:17 PM Eastern Standard
> Time,
> > > > skyrocco16v@prodigy.net
> > > > > writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > does anybody know if there is an a/c retrofit kit available
> for a 16v
> > > > rocco? with the extremely
> > > > > high cost of r-12, i
> > > > > > > want to convert my car to r-134a. thanks
> > > > > > > corey
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yeah Corey, you can go to wal-mart or Pepboys or probably any auto
> > > store
> > > > they have the whole kit
> > > > > for like 40 bucks and you can do it yourself. I haven't done it yet
> > > but I
> > > > will soon, from what I
> > > > > heard it is not as cold as the original system. Important thing
> to do is
> > > > when you change all the
> > > > > seals, before you fill it with the new freon make sure you go to
> a mech.
> > > > and have them pull a vacume
> > > > > on the system. Peace out
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brian 86 16v
> > > > > > 98 Jetta Vr6 GLX
> > > > > >
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