I hate to be the bearer of bad news but unless you drive your van off a
cliff, or are buried inside it, it will be resold at some point.  Why use
effort to make life harder for the next person when there is no benefit in
it for yourself either?

Ken

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote:

> Borrow a gauge to see how much (if any) R12 remains. If it needs to be
> evacuated you might check with local AC techs. I once operated a non-road
> machine with an R12 system and found a local tech who would make house
> calls (so to speak).
>
> Regarding the advice to leave the AC equipment intact - I say pull it all
> out if you want to. Unless you are planning to resell, why configure your
> Vanagon for the next owner? I removed the AC from my Syncro and enjoy
> having the extra working space that a compressor-less engine provides. The
> extra room in the overhead is not inconsequential either. So climate
> permitting, go for it.
>
> Heaters on the other hand, I enjoy. More are better.
>
> Angus
>
>
> > On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:43 AM, jbclem <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Just to be clear...I don't want to strip all AC parts from this Vanagon
> (1986 sunroof/non-Westphalia).  I just want to remove the compressor
> because it gets in the way of working on the left side of the engine.  I
> also don't like air conditioning so I won't miss it.  I'm not going to
> throw away the compressor and it's bracket,  so in the unlikely event that
> I sell the car it'll still be available for hookup.
> >
> > The problem is I can't drive the car to an AC shop for evacuation...I
> temporarily cancelled the insurance and my insurance agent reported this to
> the Calif. DMV, who then arbitrarily suspended the registration.
> >
> > I was hoping someone had figured out a DIY method to evacuate the
> system.  I just found out that Autozone will lend out a vac pump, so that's
> a starting point.
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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