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[majdomo]

I got some cans of R12 and an old-school tapper kit off Amazon, but as I'm trying to put the adapter on and lock it on the ring, the can is making a slight hissing noise like the top is going to pop off. Normal or is the tap too small for the ring on the can?

geez i8acwork...

EDIT - attacher kit doodad.

 

[majdomo]

Sooooo... called around and found no one really recycles R12 any more. One of the shops suggested that if it was blowing hot, it's probably empty and to push on the low side to see if anything came out. Well - a little came popping out, but then it was a lot of hissing as it just released the rest of the pressure and ended up empty. Alrighty then!

So R134A it is - going to replace o-rings and the receiver / dryer, pull vacuum and do it all the way you're supposed to. I have 2 cans of R12 if anyone's looking to buy

 

[Spike Strip]

Harbor freight has the cheapest R134a, but f@!$#&?ing Kaliforna makes you pay a fee for the can. Also, if you don't know, you need special taps for those fu$#@&!ing cans as well as hoses that will work with those carb-compliant can valves.

Kalifornia does not want you to DIY it.

 

[majdomo]

Harbor freight has the cheapest R134a, but f@!$#&?ing Kaliforna makes you pay a fee for the can. Also, if you don't know, you need special taps for those fu$#@&!ing cans as well as hoses that will work with those carb-compliant can valves.

Kalifornia does not want you to DIY it.

Yup - I have the hoses and tap for R134A from my 135i and adding some to the FJ62. Good tip on HF for the refrigerant. Plan is to rent the vacuum pump and manifold kit from O'Reilly and have all the retrofit gear and PAG show up from Amazon. The TSB says that you're supposed to add PAG 46 to the compressor AFTER pulling vacuum, very unsure of how to do that. I was just going to flush the system, add to the receiver-drier and compressor on the bench, install and pull vacuum afterward. Maybe it doesn't matter?

TSB attached for reference.

 

[Spike Strip]

I've never done that, but I think there's an injector that you thread on to the low side?

 

[majdomo]

I've never done that, but I think there's an injector that you thread on to the low side?

I will search for that tool - in the meantime, example of someone just adding to an open compressor. I am pulling the compressor to replace the bearing.

Which gives me better access to the passenger side engine mount.

And is about 1/3 of the way to replacing the side cover gasket.

oh boy

 

[majdomo]

Is this it?

 

[Spike Strip]

Looks like it, but I I've never used one. I've only seen videos where they've used this tool for dye.

 

[bhsdriller]

Everything I've seen you can just dump out the old oil and add the new right through a port. Spinning the clutch to get it to pull in.
Also some in the drier
Then install everything and pull vacuum as normal.