>From: Kim Brennan

>RIGHT!!! NONE (ZERO) of my Vanagon's use a Type IV engine.

>And further I think you'll find that almost no Vanagon that >DID< use a
>Type IV engine ever had AC in it.

>Almost all Vanagon's with AC where WBX  engines. NOT a Type IV engine.
>Different animal entirely.

>On Jan 31, 2005, at 5:06 PM, Stan Wilder wrote:

>>Same Type IV engine, Same Mini Your Compressor, Same general
>>application
>>Suction Valve and Reciever dryer. Same O Same O.
>>And another Port Of Entry or Dealer Installed system.
>>If this was a $300.00 midification I wouldn't encourage it but it cam
>>be
>>accomplished for less that the R12 refrigerant charge.
>>I was quoted $175.00 to recharge my Porsche system with R12 and that is
>>about the same as the VW system.

You mean Type Powered VWs did not have AC. Of course none of the Type II's
had factory AC but many of them have it. My '77 Deluxe Westy sure does.

Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless