AC Failure & Restoration questions

[JL1RX7]

Only thing you need to change the compressor and the dryer. Look for jack child's write up on duster, R152A. I did get it to work till my junkyard compressor died. The sanden compressor works just fine. Should be able to get them 200 to 300 from flea bay or advance. If you want I have set of gages and a pump if you want an excuse to head down my way.

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by JL1RX7

Only thing you need to change the compressor and the dryer. Look for jack child's write up on duster, R152A. I did get it to work till my junkyard compressor died. The sanden compressor works just fine. Should be able to get them 200 to 300 from flea bay or advance. If you want I have set of gages and a pump if you want an excuse to head down my way.

Thanks Jack, I have a Horror Freight manifold/gauge set, but I think I'll take you up on the offer to head south for the vacuum pump so I can evacuate/test everything out before charging it up once it's all back together.

Had no luck finding the R152A duster thread you referenced on RCC; is that guy on the other forum? He only posted in about 4~5 threads here, none of them on R152A.

So I gather it is possible to fully flush & clean out a circa 1989 condenser well enough to switch to R134 and the different lube they use? Seems to be lots of conflicting info on the interwebz on that one; some say yes, others no. Supposedly every last molecule of the old R12 lube needs to be flushed, or bad juju results when mixed with the new R134 lubes. That, plus the fact that my compressor probably spewed a bunch of metal shavings into the system make me concerned about making sure all the reused bits are cleaned out properly before reusing.