All the parts should be here next week for my restoration of my A/C
system. The compressor has been out of the van a long time. The plugs
that were in the ends of the high and low pressure lines where they
connect to the compressor are gone - for how long is anybody's guess.
The lines are open. It's anybody's guess as to what's in there. Mud
Daubers nests, dead lizard, dirt, or whatever.  I'm sure I need to flush
those pipes with something, but the questions are - 1) with what, and 2)
how? I question the need to hire a garage to do this. And after
re-reading Jim Felders small treatise on how to convert to R134a I'm
sure I can do this conversion myself - but I am unsure about
cleaning/flushing those pipes.  I seem to remember somewhere back in
time someone said to use something from the trucking industry that is
used in brake maintenance, rather than the really expensive stuff the
A/C shops want to throw at you as a system flush.  But for the life of
me I can't remember enough of it to hunt it down.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

John

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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com