Hey Tim any plans to pass through Winnipeg :)

Jeff

> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:44:46 -0500
> From: inua@CHARTER.NET
> Subject: I've got Air Conditioning!!!!
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
>   After a hiatus of several years - about 8-9 - without A/C I decide it
> was time. The unusual heat this summer prompted me to get on with it. So
> - I did.
> 
> Since there was no compressor in there for years, and the system was
> open, I decided to go with new(rebuilt compressor) new expansion valve,
> new receiver/dryer, and a complete flush of the entire system, and all
> new seals. Pulled a vacuum check and it held, Still holding a day later.
> It was here that the fun really began.
> 
> There was no power to the compressor. It was here that Tim (TJ) Hannink
> came to the rescue. Though from New Orleans, he was up this way working
> and is very knowledgeable about the AC system among other things. He
> came over and put his experienced eye on the problem, and he went
> through the wiring system completely, testing all the relays one by one,
> and the connections. Bingo - found a bad pin in the connector in the
> long wire that runs from the control console up front to the rear
> through the tunnel to the rear blowers. and compressor relay. He fixed
> that in short order and had me ready to add refrigerant. Had that done
> this morning and it all worked. Man - that thing will freeze a halibut!!
> 
> On other fronts, he found a few other problems and got all three of my
> vans putting like kittens. And one big item - he found and reconnected a
> vacuum line on my Carat and that solved the stalling problem I was
> having and reported to this list.
> 
> I got  one thing to say. Kudo's for TJ Hannick!!!!
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com