I have gotten that at times too.  The CC where I work does the AC classes in
the Summer and may not want to do that work at other times.  I wonder if a
service station would even suck the refrigerant out for free or cheap since
they recycle it?
Edward

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Check with local community colleges, trade schools or high schools with
> Tech
> > programs.  They may evacuate your system for free.  They need practice
> for
> > their students.
>
> This might work.  In my experience in recent years the reply has always
> been that they only work on vehicles in a given recent age range, and that
> they only work on a given system (brakes, air conditioning, whatever) at a
> specified time in the semester in fitting with the course syllabus.  Most
> recently, when I asked at one local trade school, I was told that they
> contract with a certain large dealer in town to service the used cars, and
> that provides all the work the students need.
>
> mcneely
>