Re-installing air conditioning

[t_g_farrell]

Looks like most of the obvious has been covered. New soft lines ARE required if this was an
R12 system before and you go with newer coolant like R134.

Speaking of coolant, I've used R152a (DustOff in the can from staples) in my wifes BMW
over a year ago when I replaced the compressor due to its demise after 140K miles. Its
still working great, no leaks, no issues and it performs as well as R12 and a lot better than
the R134 that was in there before. Plus its dirt cheap compared to the R134 or any other
coolant out there especially when Staples puts it on sale. Theres a sticky on the evil
forum first gen section that has a detailed discussion about the merits and the tech
data posted up about its temp/pressure characteristics.

I'm also reinstalling the AC on my SA and it will get the DustOff treatment as well. My
lines are being made as we speak.