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hahahahaha i drive with my windows down at 94, man your lucky. its been 110-115 here lately and gets over 120* F. sometimes. haha and im usually outside all dayMan its hot here 94*!
I agree that does happen but if the conversion was done right it shouldnt be a problem. It takes someone stupid to take off the conversion fittings. A lot of them had loctite in them and would tear the threads off the orginal ports if you tried to remove them. Have run across it once or twice but as a whole its usually not a problem. The chances of a 22 year old truck still having r12 are pretty slim..problem w/ that is-- it could be converted without leaving the adapters on the service ports. when i got that ranger i sold, it had r12 ports.. i checked it to see before i filled it and it was r134a in it. turns out the guy leaves the adapters w/ his gauges and doesn't leave them on the vehicles. his old 83 ford fullsize is the same way.
sad, but people do it. usually if its been converted, the ports are correct for the freon
Believe it or not I still have about 15lbs of r12 left in a 30lbs can. I havent used it in at least 5 years. And back then I charged 42 bucks a pound. Rediculious I know but that was the correct price. 134A has really risen in price the last couple years. 2 years ago I was selling it for 4 bucks a pounds but now what is it?? 12, 14 bucks?? something like that?? Havent worked this summer due to a knee replacement.usually it would have leaked some by now, and needed freon. and surely people are converting it over instead of just refilling it w/ r12 (which is hard to find and stupid expensive)..
Mine does! Mine is a 1990 so it's only 21 years old and here's the explanation: I'm an AC tech and I had the remanants of a 30 lb cylinder (roughly 24 lbs) that I bought in 1999 when it was still somewhat reasonable. Used in on a couple of Datsun vehicles (remember those?) that I owned but it sat for 10 more years until I got the Ranger. Replaced a couple of seals, a hose, cleaned out the evap box and the condenser, put a new reciever/drier on it, charged it up and it's been good since December 2009 when I did it. I've since used in on a friends 85 Toyota Camry and but I still have a little better than 19 lbs left.The chances of a 22 year old truck still having r12 are pretty slim..