Fortunately I was way-laid by phone calls and office work the usual number
of times this morning and didn't manage to get close enough to the thing to
do it or anyone else any harm. Thanks for the heads up, David... I'll be a
bit more cautious than I was going to be.

Coby Smolens
Valley Wagonworks
VW Bus and Vanagon Specialists
"Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959"

1535 SF Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, CA 94960
415-457-5628

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of David Beierl
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:44 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: CAREFUL! RE: Dometic refrigerator cooling mystery, '89 Westy

At 01:21 PM 8/20/2001, Coby Smolens wrote:
>might account for all the facts. I intend this morning to dissect an old
>non-functioning unit to see if this is feasible. I'll report back later...

BEWARE!  That system is full of ammonia at around 350 psi.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"