wildbill23c
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Since the AC in my 88 bronco 2 doesn't work, I will be converting it to R134A here as soon as I get a vacuum pump and gauges. I want to do this right so I went over to the tech section and read up on the AC 101 and the resurrecting your AC articles. Great information in both articles. Planning on doing this on a day I don't have to work so I have all day to mess with it. I need to take the compressor off and drain the oil and replace with the correct oil for R134A, then put everything back together and vacuum it down again.
During the vacuum process does it pull oil out of anything or just air/moisture? What about the old oil in the rest of the system? Do I need to replace all those components due to having the R12 oil in it? Or just the oil in the compressor?
No charge currently in the system at all, so going to do the conversion put some dye in and a charge, check for leaks and repair if any are found, then go from there.
During the vacuum process does it pull oil out of anything or just air/moisture? What about the old oil in the rest of the system? Do I need to replace all those components due to having the R12 oil in it? Or just the oil in the compressor?
No charge currently in the system at all, so going to do the conversion put some dye in and a charge, check for leaks and repair if any are found, then go from there.