How much to repair it I wonder ? I'm a woos, I'd want the air con working in a black car !

 

I'd get rid of it ay. Windows do the trick! Well over here in NZ they do anyway.

 

Air con adds value to a vehicle.

As for fixing it it ready depends why it has no gas as to what is required for repair.

If you have removed it and just dumped the gas to atmosphere (big NO NO) and pluged the pipes it would need to be put on vac/pressure tested and then regassed probly change the dryer and oil at the same time.

if you have brocken a pipe or have old lines that are leaking or leaking seals its a different story.

Brad

 

Air con adds value to a vehicle.

As for fixing it it ready depends why it has no gas as to what is required for repair.

If you have removed it and just dumped the gas to atmosphere (big NO NO) and pluged the pipes it would need to be put on vac/pressure tested and then regassed probly change the dryer and oil at the same time.

if you have brocken a pipe or have old lines that are leaking or leaking seals its a different story.

Brad

When i checked how much gas it had in it becuase i needed to remove a hose i cracked a hose and it psht for about 2 seconds then stoped and that's all that was in it.

So i have had a hose removed off the air con for last 4 months or so..

One hose that will need fixing as it has pershed and brittle and not sure what else needes to be done would u be able to give a rough price to fix everything up to weigh up the idea is it worth it or not..

Cheers

Rick.

 

why don't you use the the pump and turn it into a air pump... Then you can pump up tyres and what not... A bit like a endless air setup... Wouldn't be hard to do...

 

When i checked how much gas it had in it becuase i needed to remove a hose i cracked a hose and it psht for about 2 seconds then stoped and that's all that was in it.

So i have had a hose removed off the air con for last 4 months or so..

One hose that will need fixing as it has pershed and brittle and not sure what else needes to be done would u be able to give a rough price to fix everything up to weigh up the idea is it worth it or not..

Cheers

Rick.

Did you plug the pipes?

Brad

 

Did you plug the pipes?

Brad

No i didn't plug them

Thanks

 

why don't you use the the pump and turn it into a air pump... Then you can pump up tyres and what not... A bit like a endless air setup... Wouldn't be hard to do...

Yeah i'm leaning towards this way at this stage...

RIck.

 

The gas in your AC is a chlouro-fluro-carbon (R12) (CFC = ozone depleting). You can't get it anymore without a special permit. The gas they use now is a hydro-chlouro-fluro-carbon (HCFC = ozone freindly). This means a retro-fit of your system. It will mean new oil, seals etc to accept the new gas. I had a 92 Mav SWB and i think the quote was around 600 big ones. I never got around to changing it over prior to upgrading. If you don't use it and don't want it anymore, spend the money to convert it to an endless air.

 

The gas in your AC is a chlouro-fluro-carbon (R12) (CFC = ozone depleting). You can't get it anymore without a special permit. The gas they use now is a hydro-chlouro-fluro-carbon (HCFC = ozone freindly). This means a retro-fit of your system. It will mean new oil, seals etc to accept the new gas. I had a 92 Mav SWB and i think the quote was around 600 big ones. I never got around to changing it over prior to upgrading. If you don't use it and don't want it anymore, spend the money to convert it to an endless air.

WOW $600 i'm not spending that for air con rather go hot and go fast :naughty: :naughty:


Is there anyone on here that services car air con and just give me roughl figure to get everything sorted like new hose from fire wall to front of car and whatever else like new seals etc..

Cheers

Rick.

 

I do Air-conditioning commercialy but do cars and refigeration on the side.

You havnt pluged the lines which means the compressor will need to be striped and cleaned and the lines flushed with the tx removed it'd be cheeper to fit an AC compressor from a later model from a wreaker.

If you have more need for endless air the it would be perfect for conversion.

you would be looking at $600 minimum depending how dirty it all is to re-instate the air conditioning.

you could refirb the compressor for an air set up for far less around $200 for everthing you need ie filter tank pressure switch oiler etc.

for those interesed CFC's like R12 are no longer available however treere are now drop in replacments that are compatable with the old oils and can be use with old systems.

HCFC's like R134 are not ozone freindly they are just less harmfull.

If you know where to go you can still get R12 it will just cost you alot.

Cheers
Brad

 

My 88 (black over grey) gets pretty damn warm in summer and thats Sydney - your 1000 k's+ north so even hotter!

When I brought it in from Japan about 3 years ago the A/C had no gas in it - probably haddn't worked for at least a year or 2. Once I got it regassed it worked really well at first but then after a couple of months started getting weaker, I also noticed a strange hissing sound coming out of the vents so I pretty much knew where the leak was. Pulled out the fan blower and removed the evoporator coil and tx valve from under the dash ordered in new parts from an AC supplier (non genuine) all up about $400 for coil, tx valve, seals, and dryer put it all back together got it regassed and away it went - really well untill I heard a pitched squealling - I haddn't tightened up one of the joins properly and had to pull out the fan again to get the spanners in there!

I'll top it back up before next summer so its full again and hopefully it should be fine (still works but due to the initial gas loss not optimal).

So i'd start by getting it gassed and see if it holds its pressure and go from there (once you replace your hoses - these could have been the problem), otherwise if your lucky it might just be a seal somewhere in the engine bay area there ony 5 bucks each or so. Probaby best to do these and the dryer anyway then get it gassed - just make sure to tighten everything up!

Oh yeah there was heaps of composted leaves and mouldy crap in the AC coil box too, took a bit of cleaning! Probably not the best stuff to be inhaling!

cheers,

Dave