At 09:01 AM 4/12/2006, Eric J Russell wrote:
>I don't have a leak-down tester. What I've done is get a plastic
>(nylon?) hose barb to pipe thread adapter-fitting.
You can buy a hose & fitting with the correct thread at most auto
places. They're intended to pressurize the cylinder for "real time"
valve stem seal or spring replacement.
>Re: freon in the A/C, if it is still present, it is advised to have
>a shop evacuate the system. Irks me that they charge so much for that.
I still think the whole Freon thing is B.S. But for what the stuff
costs, they *should* credit you the value of the material extracted,
since the whole idea of the expensive machine is to capture & reuse the stuff.
-Wayne
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