What's involved with
doing a refill?  I may, eventually, need to do that here in Oregon. Right
after I put the AC belt back on.
BenT Syncro wrote:
>
David,
>
> Just to put prices in perspective, it costs me
less than $100 to refill my AC
> system in pricey California.
>
>
> BenT
>
> sent from my electronic
leash
>
> On May 23, 2011, at 12:41 PM, David M
<covrambles@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>> Well I have been
given an ultimatum by the wife. Get the a/c fixed or get
>> rid of
the Vanagon. Its about to hit 100 degrees here in AZ so it would be
>> nice to have working a/c again. The system was working fine around
10 years
>> ago but lasted maybe one year after a $450 refill with
freon at the VW
>> dealer. It's still the freon (R12) system and
I'm not prepared to pay the
>> cost of regular R12 refills so it
has to be a conversion to R134.
>> How much should it cost to have
this done? I was quoted a $1000 flat fee by
>> one place but that
seems expensive. Is a lot of labor involved? Can a
>> regular a/c
place handle this or is the Vanagon system too unusual?
>>
>> -David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>
>

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