Flushing R-12 on Spider for R-134A?

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:23 PM +0000 6/3/03, alfa-digest wrote:
> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 16:37:38 -0400
> From: ltooz@domain.elided (LLe_2002)
> Subject: Flushing R-12 on Spider for R-134A?
>
> Hello all,
>  The kit to convert R-12 to R134A seems to be easy and straight 
> forward @ PEPBOYS, but the only requirement is to flush all R-12 out 
> of the system, how do we do this and make sure the system is clean 
> of R-12?
>  My 91 Spider Veloce a/c doesn't seem to click (activated) when I 
> turn on the fan and slide the thermostate to maximum, what can be 
> wrong?
>  It's only 90 degrees here in the valley, but I plan to go to Vegas 
> soon, I like to get the A/C up and running if I can.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Louis Le
> 91 Spider Veloce
> Fremont, CA

I believe the R-12 has to be flushed by a professional with fancy 
equipment.  For this, and other reasons, I'd recommend going with a 
hydrocarbon refrigerant rather than R-134a.

For what it's worth, in my GTV-6 with a very bashed-up condenser, it 
was ~75F outside the other day, 106F in the cabin of the GTV6 when I 
got in, and 37F at the vents when I turned my AC on.  That's with 
ES-12a hydrocarbon refrigerant from 
http://www.autocoolrefrigerants.com.

-Joe
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