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• Re: Non R134a refrigerants are flammable right?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:33:55 -0400
  R134a is flammable at pressures over 50psi (typical pressure in an automotive AC system for R134a, will be at least 50psi on the low...
• Re: Adding freon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 10:01:30 -0500
  ...But R12 is really expensive, and > because of that high cost - most opt to go to the R134a. R134a is pretty > cheap and can...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 12 May 1998 20:45:46 -0700
  Update to a/c R134a retrofit from May 8th: I have received several e-mails from list members, asking about the cooling performance of...
• Re: Adding freon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 10:15:55 -0500
  ...But R12 is really expensive, and >> because of that high cost - most opt to go to the R134a. R134a is pretty >> cheap and can...
• Re: Adding freon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 10:34:19 -0500
  ...But R12 is really expensive, and because of that high cost - most opt to go to the R134a. R134a is pretty cheap and can...
• Re: Adding freon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:07:13 -0500
  ...But R12 is really expensive, and because of that high cost - most opt to go to the R134a. R134a is pretty cheap and can...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:02:24 -0400
  ...The AC Pro stuff I saw today at AutoZone is R134a. The > fittings for R134a and R12 are different of course. If your vehicle...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 02:14:04 +0000
  Then, if that is true, the compressor Bus Depot just sold me as compatible with either R12 or R134A isn't-the label on...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 23:18:45 -0400
  A compressor can be used with either R12 or R134a.....just not at the same time. The two different refrigerants use different oils. In...
• How much R134A to use in A/C
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 26 May 1998 12:58:29 -0400
  I got my Castrol R12 to R134A conversion kit today and I'm still waiting for my compressor to arrive. Does anyone know how...
• Re: My R134a experience
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:16:42 -0700
  ...To use > a refigerant that is not R12 nor R134a, you must first have your rig > converted to R134a, then change it to the...
• Re: R134a users????
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:04:50 -0500
  ...The system worked quite well with R134a, until the compressor fittings worked loose. I've never been able to keep those fittings tight. I...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 13 May 1998 13:07:17 -0700
  > > << sure is a lot less costly to recharge with R134a, > compared to R12. >> Scott wrote: > How often are you recharging? Did you replace any...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:58:03 -0500
  I never said r134a was as good as R12. I just contend that if you use the 134a you might overcome the lesser cooling...
• Re: Adding Freon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:28:17 -0400
  ...But R12 is really expensive, and because of that high cost - most opt to go to the R134a. R134a is pretty cheap and can...
• Re: My R134a experience
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:54:01 -0500
  ...If you stay with the R134a, when the death of your compressor occurs, replace it with one that is made to operate with R134a...
• Re: Desert refrigerant of choice?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:36:07 -0500
  There's a lot of hearsay on this phasing out of R134a. From what little I have read here and there - it appears that...
• Non R134a refrigerants are flammable right?
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:42:58 -0400
  ...All of these replacement refrigerants [ other than R134a ] are flammable. RedTek, DuraCool, Freeze 12 [?] That is why their certification by DOT is not the...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:00:59 -0700
  ...R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:58:03 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote > > I never said r134a was as...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 8 May 1998 19:11:57 -0700
  Ken wrote: > Is the oil you used compatible with both R-12 and R134a > then? > Thanks for the info. The label on the bottle...
• Re: A/C conversion to R134a??
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:53:15 -0600
  ...Seems like a conversion is doomed to leak R134a without a hose change. Anyone changed hoses in a conversion? Where did the hoses come...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:56:14 -0500
  ...R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:58:03 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote > > I never said r134a was as...
• Re: AC Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:12:38 -0700
  Am I confused? An AC shop that still sells R12 said that the conversion to R134a was expensive. And you guys are doing it...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:12:34 -0500
  ...R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:58:03 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote > > I never said r134a was as...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:33:18 -0500
  ...The AC Pro stuff I saw today at AutoZone is R134a. The > > > fittings for R134a and R12 are different of course. If your vehicle...
• Re: AC Converting/Procedure/R134A
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:32:39 -0400
  ...If you have a quick disconnect at that blue release valve, it is entirely possibly someone converted it to R134A before. However...You need...
• Re: How much R134A to use in A/C
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 26 May 1998 13:07:36 -0400
  ...How much R134A to use in A/C On Tue, 26 May 1998 12:58:29 -0400 you said: >I got my Castrol R12...
• Re: My R134a experience
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:31:21 -0700
  ...If you stay with the R134a, when the death of your > compressor occurs, replace it with one that is made to operate with > R134a...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:16:06 -0400
  On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:58:03 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote > I never said r134a was as good as R12. > I just contend...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:19:14 -0700
  ...The problem is that R134a has about 80% the cooling capability of R12. A/C systems designed to use R134a have a different, much...
• Re: My R134a experience
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:54:32 -0700
  ...To use >> a refigerant that is not R12 nor R134a, you must first have your rig >> converted to R134a, then change it to the...
• Re: My R134a experience
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:08:36 -0700
  ...If you stay with the R134a, when the death of your > compressor occurs, replace it with one that is made to operate with > R134a...
• R134a Conversion kits in MN or ND?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:26:34 -0500
  ...Can you tell me if those r134a refresh/conversion kits are available in ND or MN? Thanks Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding...
• Air conditioning - R134a condenser retrofit?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:14:22 -0500
  In comparing R12 and R134a systems on cars here, it seems the condenser design is different: The R12 uses round tubes, R134a uses flat...
• AC changes
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:48:04 -0400
  My Vanagons with AC systems, were converted to use R134a quite some time ago. I’m used to having to ‘top off’ the R134a...
• Re: AC Charge Question80
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:06:13 -0700
  the autofrost technical information (using acrobat) states that R134a is a single compound (not a mixture). It states that R134a is HFC while R12...
• Re: AC SERVICING
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 18:39:36 -0400
  What is R135a? I know, a type, R134a. Anyway While R152a is being used in newer vehicles instead of the R134a I do not...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 13 May 1998 14:08:28 -0700
  ...Sam ---"harald.nancy" <harald.nancy@MCI2000.COM> wrote: > > > > > << sure is a lot less costly to recharge with R134a, > > compared to R12. >> > > Scott wrote: > > How...
• Re: AC Recharge
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:21:38 +0000
  Hi, If your system was converted to R134a, how did you fill the system with R12? The service ports are different and Mineral & PAG...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Wed, 7 May 2008 12:46:25 -0400
  First off r12 is a ozone depleting gas and r134a is a green house gas two very different areas there are many way's...
• Re: AC Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 22:36:00 -0700
  ...And have you R134aer's tried Autofrost's GHG-X8? They're saying it > works better and is cheaper than R134a and that is...
• Re: AC SERVICING
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 19:04:15 -0500
  Typo - should be r134a. Sorry, to many thumbs and not enough fingers. There are several toutube videos out showing servicing with Dust Off, a...
• Re: A/C no place for DIY: was how much R134a in A/C
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Thu, 28 May 1998 21:49:02 -0400
  ...As far as converting to R134a, VW has a bulliten out for just that. The kits costs about 200 bucks and DOES NOT need...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 00:31:27 -0400
  ...The AC Pro stuff I saw today at AutoZone is R134a. The > > fittings for R134a and R12 are different of course. If your vehicle...
• Re: A/C, R-12 to R134 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 5 Jul 1998 11:52:22 -0700
  Hi Lund, I converted my system to R134a. I also replaced all the o-ring seals with those new green-colored R134a compatible ones...
• R134
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 03:47:10 -0400
  ...The system worked quite well with R134a, until the compressor fittings worked loose. I've never been able to keep those fittings tight. I...
• Re: I lost my cool!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 00:20:21 -0400
  ...The AC Pro stuff I saw today at AutoZone is R134a. The > > > fittings for R134a and R12 are different of course. If your > > > vehicle...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 May 2011 20:30:06 -0500
  ---- Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > R134a is a poor replacement for R12. It's not nearly as efficient and it runs at...
• Re: Freeze 12 Update
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:28:31 -0700
  At 7/8/2006 08:15 PM, John Rodgers wrote: >Maggie, > >Do I under stand that you WANT to run R134a in your system...
• Re: AC SERVICING
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 16:14:11 -0700
  ...On 6/2/2016 15:39, Dennis Haynes wrote: > What is R135a? I know, a type, R134a. Anyway While R152a is being used in...
• Re: A/C Freon
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:00:34 -0700
  ...It operates well on a much lower head pressure than the > R134a. The R134a will kill a stock vanagon compressor in short order > Casey...
• Re: AC SERVICING
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:42:09 -0400
  ...The expansion valve is not unique for the Vanagon and any good AC supply can get one metered for the R134a. The most common...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 8 May 1998 17:58:53 -0700
  ...Retrofit kit from vw dealer 26.00 (comes with pretty stick-on label for R134a) (part no. vwn 35-820794) 8. Recharge with R134a...
• Vanagon Porn
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:34:15 +0200
  ...Vanagon A/C expansion valve r134a. Vanagon Receiver/Dryer R134a Any idea how to purchase from NA to Europe withou hilarious shipping fees? Regards...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 7 May 2008 13:37:57 -0400
  ...How to convert to 134? First off r12 is a ozone depleting gas and r134a is a green house gas two very different areas...
• Re: AC SERVICING
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:17:04 -0500
  ...I fully understand the need to flush, but are you saying stick with the R134a? It is definitely being phased out.I'm pretty...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 24 May 2011 19:12:07 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Vanagon a/c ---- Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > R134a is a poor replacement for R12. It's not nearly as...
• Re: A/C no place for DIY: was how much R134a in A/C
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 28 May 1998 22:03:19 -0400
  ...As far as converting to R134a, VW has a >bulliten out for just that. The kits costs about 200 bucks and DOES >NOT need...
• Technical Bulletin 95-03 R134a retrofit
  Historical mailing list - McDermott, Timothy W.
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:18:06 -0400
  ...Applications Consultant tmcdermott@iso.com Visit our web site at http://www.iso.com R134a.doc [application/msword]
• Re: AC Charge Question80
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:58:04 -0600
  ...Also, the charge of R134a is typically ~80% of R12 and should be calibrated by gauges and output temps. Good info at http://www...