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Yes Paul, it is a '64. We disconnected the heater hoses
because we suspected that also. It has been converted from R12 to R134 and back
twice. It is now on R134. Could the condenser be half plugged up? I have
spent a ton of money on this and now the A/C guys don't even charge me to work
on it.
Lupe Rodriguez,
64 Crown Coupe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: IML: AC on any old
Imperial
I don't think that the evaporator gets plugged up, but to find out for
sure, you need to take it to a different shop. That A/C should get cold enough
to freeze you out of the car. Are you sure that the heater valve is fully
closed? Sometimes the cable that controls the flow of hot water to the heater
gets out of adjustment, and the heater valve doesn't fully close. It was a
'64, right?
Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: Lupe
Rodriguez <lupee@xxxxxxx> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent:
Tue, 30 May 2006 17:37:14 -0700 Subject: Re: IML: AC on any old
Imperial
Paul,
I must have missed your original post. The expansion valve and the
receiver dryer were replaced. I have a feeling that the evaporator at the
dash is half plugged up. Is that a possibility? I am not an A/C man.
Thanks,
Lupe,
64 Crown coupe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 4:53
PM
Subject: Fwd: IML: AC on any old
Imperial
Okay Lupe, this was posted the same day.
Paul W. -----Original Message----- From:
RandalPark To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSent:
Sat, 20 May 2006 18:01:40 -0400 Subject: Re: IML: AC on any old
Imperial
It should do much better than that. Who are all the A/C technicians
that you wrote about? If they are all in the same shop you should take
it someplace else. A good A/C shop would figure out what is wrong and
correct the problem. There are many other parts that might need to be
replaced, such as the expansion valve, condensor, or the receiver dryer. If
the system is fully charged and everything else is working as it should, the
expansion valve can keep it from making cold air in the passenger's
compartment. If the lines are cold up to it, and not after it, that could be
your problem. There are more sophisticated tests, but that would at least
give you a clue.
Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: Lupe
Rodriguez <lupee@xxxxxxx> To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, 20 May 2006 13:43:30
-0700 Subject: Re: IML: AC on any old Imperial
I have a 64 Imperial and had a new compressor
installed. (the old one froze up from lack of oil.) Why is it that all the
A/C technicians can only get it to put out 50 degrees at the vents?
Lupe,
54 Crown Coupe
60 Thunderbird, no AC
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 8:39
AM
Subject: Re: IML: AC on any old
Imperial
LOL I knew this was going to be fun when i first saw the post. so
here is my back yard wrench turner take. I have two 75 LeBarons
a 4 door and a coupe. the 4door I change to 134 used rings and a new dryer
and one hose, it puts out 38 deg at the vents. the Coupe is still R12 and
I had it checked and serviced by Chrysler. It put out 36 deg at the vent.
Now I live in coastal NC, It don't get much more humid and HOT that here.
I can tell no difference in the two cars cooling, both will freeezzze you
out.
--
Alan Jordan
90 IMP
75 LeBaron X 2
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Original message from Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>:
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randalpark@xxxxxxx wrote:
Converting to R-134A or sticking with R-12 is a choice that one
has to make. Here in Seattle, R-12 is about $200.00 per pound
and MUST be installed by a professional. R-134A runs about $12.00 per
pound, and can be installed at home, with the right tools and
by following the directions. I agree with
Paul. I converted my '71 Imperial to R-134 in 1999. I still
get between 36 and 40 degrees of cool air out of the dash vents, which
is as good as you can ask for, especially here in the hot, humid
South.
There's a sloooooow leak in the system on this car, so I
usually have to add 1 or 2 cans of R-134 per year. I buy it for
about $2.50 a can at Sam's, so a $5 per year "maintenance fee" to have
cold A/C is absolutely worth it to me. :o)
The conversion,
by the way, consisted of a $35 kit I got at K-Mart. I vacuumed the
system to remove any residual R-12 and moisture. I then installed
the two v alve adapters, the oil charge that came with the kit, and then
a full charge of R-134.
And I got COLD A/C for not much
money.
The car still has the original compressor and all of the
original hoses. I'm going into year 7 of R-134, and my total cost
for the conversion is less than $100, including any R-134 I've added
over the years.
So far, so good.
LOL!
Elijah
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