

| Subject: | R134a in 88 Weekender. |
| From: | VWNut Hawk |
| Date: | Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:13:15 -0500 |
I went to walmart tonight and bout the little kit for 134a. It contained some couplers of different sizes, 3 cans of r134a a valve and a hose. I put the right coupler on the cold side connector of the air conditioning in the engine compartment. Puncturing the r134 can isn't easy. Once you start you must push very hard and twist the can on. Then the valve is made from plastic and the threads stripped. I got one can in the air conditioning. I had to go to an auto zone and get a metal valve and hose. These didn't strip the threads but it was very hard to puncture the R134a can and get it threaded onto the valve. I put it on the ground and pushed and got it on without loosing all the gas. Once I got three cans in the airconditioning it started working real well. I'll have to wait and see how long it keeps cooling this summer. Oh, the kit was $33.00 and the other good valve and hose was $13.00.
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