And if you do, it�ll be armed with a baseball bat to get a refund ;-)

Calle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff at Vanagonparts" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Air Conditioning Work?...Salt Lake

> $2K???  I sincerely hope you never go back to whomever did the work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> www.vanagonparts.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Michael Rule
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:30 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Air Conditioning Work?...Salt Lake
>
>
> Hi Andree,
>
> I can't offer troubleshooting advice, I'll leave it to the more
> knowledgeable people here- but...
>
> Be prepared, if you open that can of worms, for the possibility of
> great expense and problems!  Between the age of the parts, and the
> increased (I believe) pressure of the 134a conversion, I blew
> apart pieces-and-hose after each new piece was replaced; each
> weakest link in the chain going next.
> I started with a broken compressor, and it went from there.
> $2K later it's great to have here in FL, but my savings account
> aches!
>
> Good Luck,
> mike
>
>
> On Fri Jul 02 13:03:58 EDT 2004, "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe this too silly a question - but I bought my '85 Westy and
> > the air
> > conditioning doesn't work. Is there and easy way to tell if it
> > has just
> > been disabled or if it is actually broken? the belts are hooked
> > up.
> >
> > From what I gather to get it to work I might need to convert is
> > anyway
> > which sounds very expensive!
> >
> > I want to drive from Seattle to Salt Lake in August - might just
> > need to
> > do it at night!
> >
> > Would also like to collect some references for mechanics out that
> > way..
> >
> > Andree
> >
> > Andree Hurley
> > http://www.viewit.com
> > KIX Summer Newsletter:
> > http://onwatersports.com/KIX/Newsletters/KayakNewsletterJune04.html
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
> Michael Rule
> UFL / UFSCC
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>
> The trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you -
> and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities --
> Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)