YOU TOO can have cold A/C! TODAY!

boro240 · Jul 5, 2004

for as long as ive owned 240SXs, ive never had A/C. i always saw it as too big of a hassle to convert to R13a, and get it recharged. well finally i got tired of it and bought this conversion kit thing from the NEX to convert R12 to R13a and recharge it, all for like $25.

IT WAS SOO EASY! all i had to do was vent what little R12 was left in my system, screw on two fittings, put a cap on one, hook up the can and charge it! took less than 2 cans to fill up (comes with 3 cans). i capped it off, and VIOLA! cold A/C! the A/C light even turned on!

so bottom line is, dont waste money bringing your car to a shop to fix. just do it yourself and save money AND time. $25 was well worth it for cold A/C. i highly recomend it.

(in case you cant tell, im pretty stoked to finally have A/C)

MidnightstarS13 · Jul 5, 2004

damn, I want to do my conversion this year but I'm sooooooooooooo lazy to do it. Plus I gotta put back the AC belt on too.

JEWELL · Jul 5, 2004

A/C?! HA! Weighs too much......the a/c was ripped out of my 240! lol

MojaveRider · Jul 5, 2004

What happened to all the R12? If it was all gone, then you have a leak. And guess what will happen to that R134a.........Also, when converting from 12 to 134a, you really should change the oil as well.....

Not that I want to rain on your parade or anything; I just got my a/c working as well. But dont be surprised if it stops blowing cold sooner rather than later.

dru · Jul 5, 2004

NEX special.. sounds good ill check it out..

MidnightstarS13 · Jul 5, 2004

thats the downside of 134, it goes out pretty quick and you gotta recharge again sooner than you think although its cheaper than r12. R12 on the other hand can last much longer but aren't cheap and aren't EPA friendly.

kaptainkrollio · Jul 5, 2004

isnt it illegal to vent freon?

dori-san · Jul 5, 2004

boro, write-up and pics? thanks, love dori.

Project Cheap13 · Jul 5, 2004

MojaveRider said:
What happened to all the R12? If it was all gone, then you have a leak. And guess what will happen to that R134a.........Also, when converting from 12 to 134a, you really should change the oil as well.....

Not that I want to rain on your parade or anything; I just got my a/c working as well. But dont be surprised if it stops blowing cold sooner rather than later.

100% correct.

kaptainkrollio said:
isnt it illegal to vent freon?

Very much so.

warpig2003 · Jul 5, 2004

kaptainkrollio said:
isnt it illegal to vent freon?

its also illegal to swap in a sr20.

my point is... who cares about the law.

kaptainkrollio · Jul 5, 2004

the freon is really bad for the atmosphere though, much more so than an sr20.

Project Cheap13 · Jul 5, 2004

warpig2003 said:
my point is... who cares about the law.

That was a really dumb statement.
Check this out if you dont care about the law. Next time you do( if you ever have) release freon into the air. Video tape it & post it if you dont care that much.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/news/rbnews/2003/021103ner2.htm
BTW this is older also. The laws in certain areas are MUCH more strict now. Including up to 10 years jail time & fines of $5000.

SSDwellah · Jul 5, 2004

The funny thing is R134A is less efficient and even more toxic than R12 but it doesn't hurt the ozone, so it's the required coolant now.

Oki180 · Jul 5, 2004

No need for a write up, many autoparts stores sell the kits and the directions are included.

Its best to have your system vacuumed to both remove the old coolant legaly and to remove any moisture from the system. I just did mine a few weeks ago and this was the first time I vaccumed down the system. I have to say, it seems to cool better with vaccuming down the system first than just equalizing/releasing the old pressure.

Plus with vaccuming it down I was able to track any leaks (I had 1 bad O-ring).

But yes, its not hard to do, and most service stations can vaccum it down cheaply and sometimes they don't charge you for removing the old R12 since they're gonna re-use it on someone else anyway.

By the way I've got A/C with my SR

boro240 · Jul 5, 2004

MojaveRider said:
What happened to all the R12? If it was all gone, then you have a leak. And guess what will happen to that R134a.........Also, when converting from 12 to 134a, you really should change the oil as well.....

Not that I want to rain on your parade or anything; I just got my a/c working as well. But dont be surprised if it stops blowing cold sooner rather than later.

its called having a 13-14 year old car, and living in hawaii. all the R12 was gone. i dont expect it to last a long long time. when it does run out, i still have a can and a half to fill it again. and when that runs out, its very cheap to get more.

kaptainkrollio said:
isnt it illegal to vent freon?

yes it is. my R12 was already just about gone though, it was just a second or two of preasure left over in the system. i wasnt about to go to a shop to have them remove a tiny bit of R12.

Oki180 said:
No need for a write up, many autoparts stores sell the kits and the directions are included.

yes and its not hard at all.

RalphCare · Jul 5, 2004

instructional retrofit videos

http://www.id-usa.com/how_to_videos.asp

Pacman · Jul 6, 2004

boro240 said:
all i had to do was vent what little R12 was left in my system

:nono :smacked49 You mean you took it to a qualified A/C shop?

How much was the kit?

RalphCare · Jul 6, 2004

SSDwellah said:
The funny thing is R134A is less efficient and even more toxic than R12 but it doesn't hurt the ozone, so it's the required coolant now.

its actually non toxic and non flammable, but it doesnt contain cloroflourocarbons (CFC), which R12 does. which is why R134a doesnt kill the ozone layer.

boro240 · Jul 6, 2004

Pacman said:
How much was the kit?

boro240 said:
all for like $25.

zero.counter · Jul 6, 2004

Portions of the quote were irrelevant...

RalphCare said:
its actually non toxic and non flammable,

Really???
http://au.geocities.com/ozbrick850/interior-r134.html

http://www.autofrost.com/134aproblems/index.html

A couple of items to think about...

zero.counter · Jul 6, 2004

http://www.dupont.com/suva/na/usa/aa/pdf/h27350.pdf

Some interesting conversations here concerning R12, 134a, and others. Things some may not know about...
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/archive/index.php/t-4321

RalphCare · Jul 6, 2004

zero.counter said:
Really???
http://au.geocities.com/ozbrick850/interior-r134.html

http://www.autofrost.com/134aproblems/index.html

A couple of items to think about...

hey man, im getting my info just like u, off other websites..

zero.counter · Jul 6, 2004

RalphCare said:
hey man, im getting my info just like u, off other websites..

I don't get my stuff of the internet, I have known this since the early 90s. My dad was an HVAC tech for a school district and I ocassionally assisted during the summers. Most do not believe talk, so i just provided substance for substantiating my claims. So, no, you do nothing like me or you would have stopped yourself from saying that in the first place about the refrigerant...

RalphCare · Jul 6, 2004

zero.counter said:
I don't get my stuff of the internet, I have known this since the early 90s. My dad was an HVAC tech for a school district and I ocassionally assisted during the summers. Most do not believe talk, so i just provided substance for substantiating my claims. So, no, you do nothing like me or you would have stopped yourself from saying that in the first place about the refrigerant...

ok man, relax, dont take it to heart.. we're talking about A/C substances here. no biggie.

zero.counter · Jul 6, 2004

RalphCare said:
ok man, relax, dont take it to heart.. we're talking about A/C substances here. no biggie.

Cool (no pun intended). I am just an asshole and going off as usual. Sorry...

RalphCare · Jul 6, 2004

zero.counter said:
Cool (no pun intended). I am just an asshole and going off as usual. Sorry...

lol.. kool

anyways.

after reading some of that yellow page (one of the links u provided) i read that some dude went into to cardiac arrest after inhaling r134a for 5 minutes in a 30 minute test, and that a leaky system can put enough r134a in a car cabin and can cause us to "die" aswell.. so why is it that they put it in newer cars? are companys so sure that their systems will never malfunction?

this whole retrofitting thing scares me now.

YOU TOO can have cold A/C! TODAY!

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