Refrigerant conversion kit.
Drifting
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Re: Refrigerant conversion kit. (nobodyunknown)
Any of the conversion kits that sell for $35 should work. They contain the special oil, the refrigerant and the low and high side adapters. Be advised that without a vacuum pump to remove 99.999% of the air from the system before you charge it with 143A you are wasting your time.
Burning Brakes
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From: SF Bay area, CA USA
Re: Refrigerant conversion kit. (nobodyunknown)
Melting Slicks
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Re: Refrigerant conversion kit. (nobodyunknown)
I think it depends on how long you want your AC to keep working. IMO The best way is to remove the compressor and set it up so as much of the old oil as possible drips out. Also get a new accumulator/drier. Reassemble, and have a shop evacuate all the air from the system (they can also pressurize your system to check for leaks at this time). then use the $35 kit to replace the fittings, add new PAG oil, and add refrigerant. I have used just the $35 kit, but never on a car I wanted to keep for long. I have done the above swap a few times and they are all still working great. The problem you may run into without draining the comperssor and changing the accumulator/drier is that the old oil type and the new oil type are rather incompatible. I know of a few people who used just the $35 kit and had compressor failure in 1-3 years. Whether that was coincidence or not I do not know. I do know that AC compressors are very expensive to replace. Just my $.02
Bob
Bob
