Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:17:01 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
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I post this every summer, but if you want real air conditioning, this is the solution: https://www.smallcar.com/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=62
Come up to the beautiful Pacific Northwest and rent a car to do some touring while they do this conversion. It will cost less than constantly messing with an obsolete and poorly designed system, including the mini vacation.
Stuart
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 2:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
Patti, that cabinet has been in and out of my van multiple times in dealing with the air conditioning. I don't have the receipts in front of me at the moment, but the repair costs would not be nearly as much as yours anyway, because you are in California. Plus my mechanic in Oklahoma had exceptionally low overhead given his location out in the sticks.
But, bottom line for me is, the AC system in the old vehicle is just too leaky, and I don't like dumping the refrigerant into the air. I want to get it fixed for some trips that I HOPE I will get to make later this summer (still working on finding a house here in the beautiful NW right now, so can't really go anywhere until that happens). But, only if I become convinced that this time it will be right. Maybe I need all new refrigerant hoses. I've heard that the R134a slips through the wall of the old hoses.
mcneely
mcneely
---- PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I recently got an estimate from a local shop who specializes in air
> conditioning in vintage vehicles. Yes, it is expensive, but also
> comes with a 12 month warranty. HOWEVER, they DID warn me that *IF*
> there was a leak in the hose, it would double the cost of the job. He
> showed me what he was talking about and explained that it would
> require the removal and reinstallation of the rear cabinet. The worst
> case scenario is not good, but it does give me "hope." At the moment
> I have an oil and a transmission leak to get repaired, so the AC project is on the back burner for now.
> (I'm wondering how tough of a job it is to remove and reinstall the
> cabinet.)
> Patti
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