> It's A/C time - The high pressure hose on my 87 Vanagon GL
> just blew.. spectacular sound and white vapor.. scare >
> But anyway, since this old thing had R12 and being a
> Berserkelan, I am very much guilt ridden for having released
> all my R12 into the atmosphere and accelerated the
> depletion of O3 and the on set of global warming by a few
> month, I think that when I repair the system I should replace
> it with R134a.
>
I'm blaiming you for this Texas heat!

Having given you the solution for your clutch problem, here's what to
do for your AC.  First, splice hoze.  Then get a tank of propane and
charge it up.  That way you won't feel guilty if the hoze blows again,
and you won't use up valuable resources (and $$$) converting.

TBill
***It's not hard to meet expenses: they are everywhere!

> I search the archived here on all info concerning changing
> from R12 to R134a and found a lot of very useful resources.  I
> asked our VW dealer here and they have no info.. have not
> heard that it can be done!  Anyway, I am still looking.  I found
> a very informative web site for those interested:
> http://www.delanet.com/~pparish/
> It has all the technical info on the differences in behavior of
> the refrigerants and the oil in the old and new system.. very
> very informative. There is a whole chapter on Automotive A/C
> service RetroFit.
>
> Anyway, I am studying up on this subject and will attempted
> to do this.  Any suggestions will be welcome.  I will keep you
> all posted on my progress..
>
> Yau-Man Chan
> A very hot 87 Vanagon GL
>

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