[DeTomaso] Air Conditioning Help

[Thomas Tornblom]

2012-06-25 17:47, CoatesR8 at aol.com skrev:
> Hi Charlie
>
> Before mine was modified the original set up had both ports on a straight
> piece of pipe coming off the compressor. Yours being a very early 5S  could
> be different.
>
> 2) they can be reached  from in the engine bay and should be  visible.
>
> 3) you cannot mix  R12 with R134a  mine is running the latter and  has 650
> grammes in it

When I had my GT5 converted from R12 to R134a in the year 2000, they 
filled it with 1200 grams. It had a (leaky as it turned out) Hall 
compressor at the time.

I replaced the compressor with a new Sanden 508 in 2009, and the AC 
finally works without requiring annual charging.

Thomas


>
> Hope this is helpful
>
> looking forward to seeing you both
>
> Rog.
>
>
> In a message dated 25/06/2012 15:57:32 GMT Daylight Time,
> charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:
>
> Hi  all
>
>
>
> Getting the AC charged for Le Mans next weekend.
>
>
>
> 1) Where are the low pressure charging ports? On the  compressor? There is
> one port on the high side on the dryer...
>
> 2)  Can this be easily reached from underneath the car? Or does the
> interior
> need to come out?
>
> 3) What is the load for R134?  R12?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Charles McCall
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