Re: A/C Upgrade (oops)?

[Alex Kowalski <akowalsk@shrike.depaul.edu>]

Sam Letzring wrote:
> 
>             At PEP Boys this morning( its getting bad when you stop by the
> auto parts store on your way to work and on your way home-again) I saw a
> product from a company named QUESTthat purported to be a conversion kit for
> converting your old R12 based A/C system to a R134A system. Seemed to
> consist of valve conversions  and a new oil additive to make the compressor
> lubricant compatible with the new refrigerant. Any one out there seen this,
> used it, know anything about it? Looks like a very good deal if it works.
> Just replaced my compressor and was going to try to bribe PEP boys into
> selling me the cans of R12 I needed, but if this would work- cost would be
> much-much lower?
> 
> Any comments- info?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> (Still trying to get the 86 4KCSQ ready for the 2000 mile trip to Los Alamos
> N.M. and thought it might be time to get the A/C fixed.)
> 
> Sam
> Samuel A. Letzring
> Senior Scientist
> Laboratory for Laser Energetics
> University of Rochester
> Rochester, NY. 14623
> 716-275-5659
> FAX 275-5960

Oops...E.C. did include the cost of the entire conversion (pump, hoses, 
kit, the whole enchilada) - $800-900 for everything.