Finally got the '91 0ut of the shed-

[harpon]

Yesterday- and found out the A/C IS WORKING!!

Had to clean the contacts on the relays to get the clutch to kick in-

but definitely COOLED air coming out-

I still have one problem-

It looks like there are retrofittings on the HIGH SIDE, but maybe not on the low side where I think it would benefit from some recharge-

So now I'm not sure if the system has ever really been converted from R12 to R34 or not-

Gotta take a closer look at the fitting- get a measurement and see if I can figure things out-

[kumalaba]

nice a/c in florida is a good thing. nice lookin car

[harpon]

Got a retro fitting off ebay to discover that it already WAS a retro fitting to r134 quick connect on the car-

so I guess it may already be converted from r12

Put a little shot of r134 in from a partial can I have already and the guage registers really good pressure- Also then got a can of Enviro Safe Freon that claims to be compatible with both R12 and r134 , but there's already as much pressure as it recommends, so guess I'll just hang onto that.

the A/C feels even cooler now-0 I'm so relieved- I still haven't got the A/c up on the escort wagon next to it, and that looks to be possibly the compressor contacts or the compressor itself. Phooey, but at least one is up-

I recall about 30 years ago if you got an old car 20 years or more, you pretty much knew the A/C would be gone by then. I think made they made them better then after that-

[Movin]

I wish we could put swamp coolers in cars...here where nothing rusts and the humidity is so low coolers work better than AC.

[Chobobulous]

I want to kick whoever invented the swamp cooler in the teeth. I hate mine so much.

[sc72]

Swamp coolers sound like a great idea but here in Iowa where the humidity gets pretty high, I figure it would probably just make you wet, sticky and miserable.