On Fri, 24 Feb 1995, Tom Glazener wrote:

> 
> I bought my 85 Vanagon about a year and a half ago.  The AC has never 
> worked and I am interested in getting it up and running again.  Any 
> suggestions as to the least stupid strategy to attain this goal?  I 
> merely want some guidelines to assist me when the dealer begins to take 
> full advantage of my ignorance  ;-).  Many thanks.
> 

For that, don't take it to the dealer.
Take it to one of those greasy little A/C & Rad shops on every
corner of suburbia.
It's probably just outta R12 and they can fill it up for you.
After filling, get them to go around the lines with a "sniffer"
to see if there are any leaks.

You used to be able to buy r12 in one litre @ liquid bottles
but the govt. of Canada has disallowed this, I don't know about the
states, but I assume that it's the same there.

Cheers

<sstones@io.org>
SStones             Toronto,  Ontario.