Jacob,
That's an old wives tail, along with having to change O rings & gaskets in the compleat system. I have converted several systems from R12 to 134 doing nothing more than fixing the leaks. A good example is my 62 Dart, all I did was install the 134 fittings, pulled the system down, installed 134 and I am getting a 35 degree drop from the vents. And that was done two years ago with no problems from the system. I would not hesitate changing it over to 134, at that time your system can be looked at closely for leaks, but from your description it doesn't sound like you have any of any consequence! At this time I believe your paycheck friendly avenue will be topping the system off with R12 and look into converting to 134 at a later date. But it sure wont hurt to ask, the worst they can do is take your birthday away!
Herb
1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale
1959 Coronet 326 Poly
1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban Wagon 318 Poly
1962 Dodge Dart 225 Slant Six 4-Sale
1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1L
1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361
1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440
1979 Dodge Aspen R/T Sport Wagon 360
1999 Durango SLT 5.9L
2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L
St. Louis, MO.
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Date: 8/16/2011 2:55:49 AM
Subject: Re: Ac working??
if i do that ill have to change condenser, cause of the properties of 134. ima see what happens...if it holds up AWESOME. if not oh well, ill take belt back off until i can get new stuff and convert.
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:32 AM, D J <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Convert to the new freon.. while the system is being worked on.
DJ
From: Ollie <satellite1965@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ac working??
Sounds as if you are a lucky guy. Service it for the $130, its high because its F12. If it works...GREAT....if not save up $1500. Don’t change the dryer, before you open the system have the Freon that’s in there sucked out and saved.
Ollie
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Ac working??
Hopefully I can find a dryer. It's holding gas...I pushed on one of the valves going to the compressor and stuff came out, I figured if it was leaking eventually there wouldn't be anything left all them years huh? A ac guy told me as long as the systems never been opened the dryer should be fine...idk
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Jacob,
My suggestion is to take it to an AC guy. If you do (and you probably do) have a leak, you'll be chasing you tail and wasting freon. I know, been there, done that. I believe if you don't have a sniffer to fine the leak, then it in most cases will just leak out. Change out the dryer before you take it to a AC guy. Save some money and time.
JM2CW
DJ
From: Jacob Fox <imfast101@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962 to 1965 Mopar <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:41 PM
Subject: Ac working??
Put a belt on the ac compressor before work today. Turned the underdash unit on. Clutch kicked in and it seemed to all be working fine. It got cooler for like 5 sec then it was just air. Ideas? What could be wrong besides maybe low freon? It's 100-130 bucks to top off with 2 lbs. Sucks...especially if there's a leak I don't know about... Sent from my iPhone -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.
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