Thanks for the comments. I have three vans, and though two are off the
road for an undetermined period of time, I can see the need for my own
vacuum pump. I do all but the largest jobs on my van, so I will soon be
shopping for a pump. If anyone has any leads, I would appreciate knowing
of it.

Thanks,

John

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

On 7/5/2011 10:09 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
> 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
>>
>