I just had a full set of hoses made.  They used my old ends, except for the
standard ends they had in stock.  Cost me about $250, including expansion
valve, o-rings, and some lubricant for the o-rings.  I replaced the
expansions valve, hoses, compressor, and receiver /dryer.  Still needs to
get vacuumed down, lubricant installed, and freon/? installed.

Is there any diffence between Freeze 12 and the other non-sanctioned
varieties of refrigerant?  Any recommendations?

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Michael Sullivan
|Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:04 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: More on Vanagon a/c
|
|I will also be hiiting you up for these parts, Ron.  My hoses
|are leaking somewhere and I have R134A retro kit on, but sems
|I have to add a can or two every summer and sick of messing
|with the ozone layer.  Any prices you can give on the hoses
|and fittings so it is an easy job for the a/c guy and save me
|some greenbacks?  Tahnks again, Michael.
|Michael in San Antonio
|91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
|
|
|
|On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:25 PM, The Bus Depot
|<vanagon@busdepot.com>wrote:
|
|> > Took my Vanagon back to see where the dye leaking out.
|> > Mechanic says 'compressor front seal'. He recommends replacing
|> > compressor and dryer. Quoted $500 for compressor plus
|labor, $85 for
|> > dryer plus labor plus replacing lost freon. Around $850 total he
|> > said. Also said expansion valve could be leaking but he
|cannot tell
|> > without removing roof molding (quoted $350 labor). This is all on
|> > top of the $1200 I paid to get the van thru emissions and
|fix a few
|> > other things.
|> > To compare prices, I looked on Bus Depot website for an a/c
|> > compressor and could not find one.
|>
|>
|> Here's the compressor (assuming the most commonly found version):
|>
|> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=SD709
|>
|> $332 with your Vanagon List discount, and it's brand new,
|not rebuilt.
|> (To find it, just choose "86-91 Vanagon" and then keyword
|search "compressor"
|> in
|> the SmartSearch box.)
|>
|> And the receiver/dryer is $30, versus your mechanic's $85:
|>
|> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253260633E
|>
|> Between the two you'll save hundreds of dollars supplying
|your own parts.
|> It
|> might be worth talking to him again, or shopping around for a
|> different mechanic, or at least seeing if he's willing to buy the
|> parts from us and then mark them up a bit.
|>
|> - Ron Salmon
|>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
|>  www.busdepot.com
|>  (215)  234-VWVW
|>
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