Reply With QuoteConvert to the new refigerant. Its cheaper and fairly easy.
R12 recharge?
I need to get the AC on my '90 recharged, and was wondering if anyone knew of a place that can do it in the North Dallas area. It uses the old R12 refrigerant.
Oh, well I've got two sevens, and two sevens beats a frush.
Convert to the new refigerant. Its cheaper and fairly easy.
Most AC specialist still have the old stuff and they can re-charge it. It turns out that with recovery method, the R12 is not in as low supply as expected. I pay about the same for the old stuff as the new stuff. BTW, from what I am told, the new stuff is not as cold, so I just stuck with the R12.
Not sure what part of Dallas you're looking for, but I've used Graham Auto Air Conditioning before. You might call and double-check, but he should have R12. He's a nice old guy, and reasonably priced.
He's right off Greenville Ave, just north of Mockingbird.
5629 SMU Blvd (formerly Yale Blvd)
214-361-5583
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'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
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8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
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Thanks.
I just called Graham's, and they can still do it. I do want to stick with the R12 because I hated the R134a system in my old Integra. It could never really keep up. I know having such a small motor means I'll never be able to blow ice chips out the vents while idling in traffic like an old GM could, but it would be nice to have something cooler than my own breath coming out of the vents. Hopefully staying with R12 will help with that.
Oh, well I've got two sevens, and two sevens beats a frush.
The 134 cools acceptably in my car. It's not spectacular, though, and it has trouble catching up if the car's been sitting in the hot sun for a while. Summer before last, I tinted my windows and THAT helped immensely (I've got a glass rear window).
All other things being equal, R12 will cool better than 134, so let us know how it turns out!
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
yeah, if you don't mind posting up abut what they charge... mine is doing ok, but i want to get it rechecked, it seems to cycle too frequently, so the hi and low sides may be off or somesuch?????
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I finally got it done today. It ended up costing me about $75, and everything went smoothly. Apparently I don't have any leaks or anything in the system. The AC works a lot better now. It's not quite as cold as I'd like, but it's close enough.
Oh, well I've got two sevens, and two sevens beats a frush.
And now, they are about to enter a new refrigerant to replace R-134a in Europe, called HFO-1234yf. It is supposed to be much better for the environment than R-134a and require few modifications to the old R-134a system.
www.1234facts.com
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