On Mon Feb-07-1994 15:05, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 16 May 12 06:30, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> It used to be the other way around years ago.  Condensors are much
 RN>> easier to replace than evaporators.  I could do it today, but I have
 RN>> to replace the commode's fill valve.  (-:

 RW>> That should leave you with 23 more hours to get it done by the end
 RW>> of the day. 8^)

 RN> With the shape my knees are in, that was my thinking, too.  However,
 RN> with a little ingenuity and a lot of luck, I was able to do the job
 RN> in 15 minutes.

 RW> Including mop the floor after? That's faster than I can do it on a
 RW> pair of knees that work just fine.

Unnecessary.  I placed a large beach towl around the feed hole and what I
couldn't catch in a large cup, the towel absorbed it.  This was after I got
as much water out of the tank as I could.  The rest was apple pie.

 RW> California stopped the sale of R12 in the state years ago...those
 RW> in the know around San Diego merely went down to Tijuana and bought
 RW> it. R134 is going to go the same route in the near future and it
 RW> will be made available too. The newer, replacement coolant will not
 RW> be backwards compatible either.

And at one time you could buy it OTC here and then as they were about to
make the transition, it was no longer an OTC product and only licensed A/C
mechs could buy it.  Under a buck a can if I remember right.

 RN>> Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?

 RW>> Mostly too old to bother with an update. New has more bells and
 RW>> whistles.

 RN> And more things to go wrong, no doubt.

 RW> And more complicated to operate...I had a hard time getting the
 RW> most recent one working the way it should and they lost the manuals
 RW> for those older machines.

Not available online?


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+