Maybe I am lucky or maybe it is because I have had some good coaches (Ken
Wilford at VanAgain and the sr. a/c tech in the office complex where I
work), but the A/C on my '84 is doing better than ever.  At around 8 a.m.
with outside temp of around 70F, I get around 40F out of driver's outlet.
At around 5 p.m. with outside temp of 90F, it get 60F air after I have
driven about 12 miles.  Refrigerant in my van is Freeze-12.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA

----- Original Message -----
From: "phil stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: insane AC idea

> George wrote:
> "In our experience, there's no way that the AC
> can be made reliable, (4 separate failures, three
> expensive) we no longer attempt cross-country trips in
> summertime.
>
>
> Thanks for the encouragement, Im just about to try and
> rebuild an 84' AC unit. Ive never had a vanagon with
> AC and after hearing this im having second thoughts.
>
>
> Phil 84' westy
> In Swetting hot Florida
>
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