[Shop-talk] trucks a/c

[pethier at comcast.net]

----- "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
> To: "Ron Schmittou" <rs1121 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:28:40 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] trucks a/c
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Ron Schmittou <rs1121 at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > What was the year of the changeover - I can't remember.
> >
> 
> Calendar year 1995.  (some cars really did switch in the middle of
> the
> model year.)  But lots of '93 and '94 cars are R134a, depending on
> the
> make and model.  GM was using R134a in MY94,  but maybe not
> universally.  A proper change in production requires some
> re-engineering of the AC system, to adjust to the slightly lower
> cooling capacity of R134a, so it probably wasn't done all at once.


Two data points:

My 1994 Mazda Miata had 134 AC from the factory.

I believe that Saturn saw the change coming and built the AC big enough to take it.  My 1992 Saturn SL2 was built as R12, but a fairly-inexpensive 134 conversion at the Saturn dealer gave me ice-cold AC.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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