What Do Most List Members do when their Old R12 Air Conditioning Dies?

[Scott DeWitt]

I've converted a great many R12 systems to R134.. and most went well. My
V8 however the high side pressure was always higher than I liked so I had
to install an aux pusher fan which did the trick.

Scott



On Tue, July 1, 2014 8:31 pm, Alan Streicher wrote:
>   MC, I had the conversion done about 2 years ago. New compressor and a
> few other little things, it cost about $1,000. It has been great. It is
> run every day as the nice weather we get here in Honolulu gets a little
> warm.
>
> Good luck.
> Al
>
> 1990 80 non-Q  Black
>
>
> On 7/1/2014 1:57 PM, mboucher70 hotmail.com wrote:
>> Today was on a nice long run Toronto to Montreal, and the outdoor
>> temperature was peaking at 34C (93F).  The AC was doing its job under
>> difficult circumstances.  An hour from my destination it stopped
>> cooling.  Looking briefly at the AC, it appears that something at the
>> very front is spinning intermittently, and making a grinding noise when
>> it does.  If I had to guess, the compressor, or compressor bearings are
>> gone.  Its parked at the local Audi/VW independent garage and we’ll talk
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> However, previously I’d had a chat with the mechanic years ago, and he’d
>> mentioned that if I had a problem with the AC, legally he’s not allowed
>> to “touch” it unless he first does an R12 to R134A conversion.  He
>> outlined what the costs of that is, how many parts need to be swapped
>> out at significant expense, and that its not a very good option because
>> the result has less cooling than the original R12 system which didn’t
>> have great cooling capacity to begin with.
>>
>> This list is filled with members who have managed to keep their Audi’s
>> in near showroom condition, or at least running condition for far longer
>> than the average Audi.  Mine is a 1990, which is old, but we’ve had many
>> list members with cars from the 90’s or 80’s.  Thus I’m guessing many
>> must have already faced this issue.  I know some have done the R134A
>> conversion, to mixed results.  What about the rest?  Are there any good
>> options for getting an R12 system running again?
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts
>>
>> MC
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