- 1. [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: Jorge Garcia <fortee9er@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:37:14 -0700 (PDT)
- As we say in Texas "I am fixing to do" some car a/c work and need advice. One of the cars involved is a 1987 Volvo 740 with the original R12 system. I have never touched the a/c system on this car al
- /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00111.html (7,700 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:32:45 -0700
- What the pros do is pressurize it with dry nitrogen, and use soap bubbles to locate leaks. Personally, I would probably start by replacing the compressor and orifice tube (if that's what it uses). T
- /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00113.html (7,625 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:36:19 -0400
- Expect to spend a bunch.... First step is to evacuate (and recover, please!) all the existing refridgerent. then you pull a vacuum, and see if it decays. If it doesn't, then you don't have a leak (or
- /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00114.html (8,590 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Horne <pat@hornesystemstx.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:07:46 -0500
- That dog won't hunt! Hot damn, the first thing y'all do is to look at all the hose connections for oil or possibly dry dirt that looks like it could have been stuck there by oil. This will give y'all
- /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00117.html (9,635 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 12:25:02 -0500
- Sorry not correct... It requires a federal license (fairly easy to get) to purchase R12, and the law requires that all R12 be evacuated from an AC system and recycled instead of venting it to the air
- /html/shop-talk/2010-05/msg00000.html (7,123 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 11:26:10 -0700
- Tim Mullen replied: Well, I'm just quoting what the EPA says. I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on television. (But I was an A/C service technician in a previous life.) From http://www.epa.gov/ozon
- /html/shop-talk/2010-05/msg00001.html (8,481 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: opposumking@verizon.net
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 13:46:39 -0500 (CDT)
- instead it is And even that is mildly overstated. EPA issued a white paper many years ago clarifying that the purchaser of R12 did not need a license, as long as they were buying it for a shop where
- /html/shop-talk/2010-05/msg00002.html (8,344 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] car a/c work (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:54:03 -0400
- Federal law requires a license to work on mobile AC systems if you do it for "consideration". (Which gets interpreted very broadly. do it for the parts used, and you're in violation.) Many states hav
- /html/shop-talk/2010-05/msg00003.html (7,957 bytes)
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