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Subject:Re: AC Converting/Procedure/R134A
From:robert shawn feller
Date:Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:00:03 -0400

A question along these comments...

Does the a/c system have a sight window anywhere for seeing bubbles in the
system? All my other cars have this but I don't see one for the westy?

Shawn

On 6/13/06, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone had their A/C lines converted to barrier
> > hose which has a nylon liner and is better for 134A?
>
> When I had my 911 Carrera converted all the hoses
> were converted to barrier hoses.  It has not leaked
> any R134a yet--still cold.  It was converted in 2003.
>
> Last year when I had my '87 syncro westy converted,
> nothing was changed.  It is still cold, too.  The
> conversion cost me about $160--testing, evacuation,
> charging with 134a, etc.
>
>                         Richard A Jones
>                         Boulder, Colorado
>

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