A/C on 89 Classic

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Author Message   han chung (Hanchung) Member Username: Hanchung Post Number: 66 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:42 pm:    ok, i have no clue on how A/C's work and i hear words like blower and freon, blah, blah, blah. how much work would it take to get my 89 to blow some cold air. i know the fan works in all positions and that's it. well, summer is almost gone and i survived it. when i bought my rangie, i said... ok i can live w/o the a/c. well, now i think it could be nice to have a little cold air sometimes... LOL   David Woo (Davidwoo) New Member Username: Davidwoo Post Number: 34 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 11:37 pm:    Han: the GDE was not cold when I got it: had it checked out and all it took was recharging the system, took about a pound of refrigerant and it is ice cold: system was already converted to R123(?). DW   han chung (Hanchung) Member Username: Hanchung Post Number: 68 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 11:56 pm:    maybe i should do that first and see. now that's this about r123 conversion... alternator?   David Woo (Davidwoo) New Member Username: Davidwoo Post Number: 36 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 12:10 am:    nope, it's a different type of refrigerant gas, not as toxic as the old stuff. Your existing AC system can be converted to run the new more environmentally friendly R123, I think that's what it is called. DW   Alan Bates (Alanb) Senior Member Username: Alanb Post Number: 299 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 08:37 am:    Check this link out: http://www.rangerovers.net/rrupgrades/ac134a.htm   han chung (Hanchung) Member Username: Hanchung Post Number: 69 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 12:05 pm:    damn... i'm gonna have to go through this ac134 thingy. thanks for the link alan. so david, how's the GDE runnin'.