Audi 4000 A/C questions - Freeze 12

[Richard J. Andrews]

At 12:38 PM 7/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
Try Chandler's Automotive Parts
2824 W 5th St Fort Worth, TX (817) 335-6942
no affiliation just a satisfied customer...
i know they sell freeze-12 and it is widely used in the local D/FW shops...

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

>Rich - as per your message below, where does one find the "Freeze 12"
>replacement for the "R 12"?  I have a 1983 5kt that I will have to recharge
>the A/C, once I am finish getting the car back up and running.  Thanks,
>Tex.
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 16
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:43:06 -0500
> > To: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> > From: "Richard J. Andrews" <tech at flashmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Audi 4000 A/C questions
> > Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> >
> > Just go out and have Freeze 12 put in...
> > it's a drop in replacement and has been used for years in practice
>without
> > any ill affects...
> > much cheaper than r-12 also...
> > use only 85-90% of the amount of r-12 that you would though...
> >
> > HTH!
> > rich
> > '86 4kq
> > (with cold A/C now and r-12)
> >
> > At 06:17 PM 7/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > >If I have to change to a different compressor, what are my options?
> > >I checked and noticed that the later Audi 80/90 4-cylinder cars have
> > >a different bracket and uses a Nippondenso 10P17C compressor.  Is this
> > >compressor R134a compatible?  If so then maybe the solution is to source
> > >use that bracket and compressor.
> > >
> > >Lastly, Audi doesn't offer a "packaged" R134a retrofit kit for the
>4000s,
> > >but VW does for the Quantum.  Since these two are virtually identical
> > >under the hood, perhaps the Quantum kit will work on the 4000.  Does
>anyone
> > >know what the factory retrofit kit actually includes?
> >