Wow! good tip. I use one of the HF air/vacuum boxes with an old soda fire
extinguisher to pull the oil out of the crankcase, but it never occurred to
me to use it to pull a vacuum for refr.
At 03:03 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
I'm by no means an expert, but here's my $0.02. I've had good luck
with Yellow Jacket gauges. If you are going to be doing both R12 and
R134a, make sure you get 2 separate gauge setups. The combo unit is
just asking for cross-contamination. I have also had excellent
success with the Harbor Freight venturi-style vacuum pumps that run
anywhere from $10 to $16, provided you have a powerful enough air
compressor to run it. I use a 220v 60 gallon unit which is
fine. Right now the one with the R134a connector is on sale for
$9.99. Heck of a lot cheaper than the self-powered stuff, and will
pull more than enough vacuum for A/C work.
Good luck.
J.B. Hebert
At 02:59 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
>I plan to spend the money and need help with the route to
>take. This is for DIY only but counting family we're talking about
>seven vehicles, with three needing help right now. I think my
>silver SDL ate the pump, the others won't be as bad.
>
>There is a 6.0 cfm, 2-stage Robinair, $240 at
>thetoolwarehouse.net. They also have gauge sets from $65 to $130.
>
>Am I fishing to shallow?
>
>Harry Watkins
>Newton, MS
>86 SDL Silver
>85 300D Euro
>86 SDL Gold
>81 240D manual trans
>
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