On Jun 29, 7:14 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:09:58 -0400, "SBH"
wrote:



"Herb and Eneva" wrote in message
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This is kinda sorta home repair. I need to recharge
the a/c on a 1999 chrysler and the local garage wants $124 to do the
job. That seems too high for me. Can I get a can of R134 from auto zone
and do it myself? If I can please tell me how to do it after I find the
leak. TIA

Listen, er, or read the advice from the others carefully and consider it
thoroughly. I'm very mechanically inclined and I won't even touch the A/C
system. It's not as simple as it sounds. Let the pros do it.

How did this mistique come up around the primative AC system in a
****ing car? Everyone was working on them in the 70s and I don't
remember the horrific body count. I agree shooting a can of gas in an
old car is ****ing on the fire bit if it gets you through until
September, where is the harm?
If this fails again in a month he can always go watch the "pro" go on
a $2000 easter egg hunt through the system.
I guarantee they will not find a "half a can a month" leak without
replacing several parts.

In the mid 60s I had one that was leaking a pound or two a year. When
to an airconditioning store and bought a couple cans and a tapper
valve. They didn't sell kits and the guy at the store told me to
leave it to the "experts". Told him I was an expert (I had read about
how it worked). A lot easier back when they had sight glass so you
could see the bubbles/liquid coming out of the condenser. I still
have two or three one pound cans of R12 sitting on a shelf in the
garage. Price tag on them reads 99 cents!!

Wear goggles. That stuff can freeze your eyeballs.