Type85 AC converions to R134a & receiver dryer & envirosafe

[David]

I got my reciever/dryer at my FLAPS for about $35 IIRC. Generally R/Ds are cheap, not really wirth trying to refurbish/rebuild.

Dave
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From: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
Date: 2004/08/09 Mon PM 10:14:30 EDT
To: "David" <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
CC: <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Type85 AC converions to R134a & receiver dryer & envirosafe

Where does one procure the receiver dryers economically - can these be obtained as a generic component from FLAPS?  If they are not totally crudded up and rusty, can they be "rejuvinated" at least to a degree, perhaps using solvent or heat.   I need to do several of these systems and need a cheap source.    Hopefully the answer to my first ? will make question #2 irrelelevant.

I concur with the recommendation to use Enviro-safe.  It has worked well on a few I've done already, even taking some shortcuts, like not replacing the R/D, but plan to do this on the other systems.  The Envirosafe cools comparably to R12, and in my experience better success than the R134a, cheaper too(by the case).

Ben
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