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Old May-7th-2003, 04:13 PM
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Wonder if anyone can help. I have only been in Chicago for a year, and I need to have the a/c worked on. Its a 92 DX, very low miles, 43,500, and I need to keep it till I can afford a place with a parking space!! Can anyone advise me of a good repair shop in or around the windy city?
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Dude, you're in Chicago... roll down the windows.
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Old May-8th-2003, 05:26 PM
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well dude, if it just needs to be refilled, you can buy the stuff from like autozone, I bought a conversion kit for 35 bucks, my a/c worked that day in less than 15 mins.
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Old May-9th-2003, 12:09 AM
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Originally posted by TheLastMarauder
Dude, you're in Chicago... roll down the windows.
some people actually have their cars as daily drivers ONLY
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ne3ek, what are you talking about, elaborate what a conversion kit is please? thanks bud
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ne3ek, what are you talking about, elaborate what a conversion kit is please? thanks bud
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It's this The kit converts your r-12 coolant over to r-134a.
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Old May-11th-2003, 04:41 AM
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see, i'd be terrified to do that, first of all, everybody that works with refridgerants for a living go through bullshit classes to be certified to handle the **** just cause of the environmental damage it can do. but the biggest thing for me, i'd have to buy a clean out kit, the conversion kit, and then the refridgerant, which i was unable to find a full charging canister on jc whitney... where do they have that listed? i mainly want to get my ac working without wasting the $300 bucks as well as i will need it desperately if we have the summer this year like we did this past... it was ****** miserable, not a single day did it go under 90 degrees in the afternoon for 3 weeks straight, and the only break was a rainy bitch of a day at 86 degrees. so what exactly did you do marc?
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My system is already empty, so it will be easier. Im not sure what itl cost to get it drained and flushed, but r-12 and r-134 are not supposed to mix. If you have a mechanic friend see if he can hook you up! You can get the full kit at walmart or auto zone, they also sell extra refridgerant and oil charge etc.
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Umm, mine was empty.. a friend of mine told me, that it would do no damage to just charge it, I did just that and it worked fine.

MY kit came with 3 bottles, which was plenty, I used 2 and had a spare.. a week later, I totalled the car lol

A/C works on my new car
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