Air conditioner recharge/replacement... I don't know....

[kpack5982]

So here's the deal... I'm about to sell my 93 to get a 95 that has been slightly tweaked. When I put my Explorer intake on the car a friend of mine decided to detach the hose to the a/c at the top of the car that runs over the intake. One hell of a bad idea. I believe it was the cooling gases escaping... Hence no more a/c. The problem is that I want to get the a/c working before I sell the car. Any ideas how to get this done and which way to do it?

Also at one point I hit a racoon and had to replace my condenser. Well I had a shop do it then with the insurance work and all and I don't know if they replaced the freon with a more friendly substitute or what. So what would your suggestions be as far as that?

I did a lot of searching but nothing to fit my situation. Thanks for any input guys!

 

[HISSIN50]

The service ports are a give away about what type of refrigerant is being used (a sticker should have been placed under the hood too).

See Jrichker and Puter's AC retrofit articles.

Good luck.

 

[jrichker]

The refitted A/C systems are supposed to have blue & red caps over the service ports. The service ports have quick connect fittings rather than a threaded flare connector.

See my sig for a link to R134a conversion.

 

[PuterAmI]

jrichker has the conversion lined out pretty well.

Here's another take. More information is always good.

http://www.knology.net/~puter/carpics/r134a.html