Thread: Regas with Hychill -30

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

R134a manifold and gauge sets are cheap. If you Classic hasn't been upgraded to the quick release R134a fittings (ie: it still uses the shrader valves). this isn't an issue, you can just unscrew the quick release fittings and screw straight onto the schrader fittings in the car.

The expensive bit will be finding a vacuum pump. You can't do much until you have the vacuum pump. You can buy cheap scales that'll weigh upto 10kg with 1gram increments for next to nothing on ebay too (they look like the digital scales at a fruit store). So you can weigh the charge weight in from a 4.5kg bottle. If you buy the disposable cans, a full can would do close to most vehicles i imagine without overfilling.Wow ... how cheap is this setup...[

url]http://www.airefco.com.au/[/url]


seeya,
Shane L.

My '95 Classic seems to have Quik-connect bayonet-like fittings, both near the back and RH side of engine room. - larger screw-in caps than a tyre valve.

That link to airfco is good, same/similar price as evibay with the convenience of local warranty if needed. (Did'nt check the postage though..)

Priced out the gas. Bursons are around $256.50 total incl GST or $168.50 for the 4.5kg bottle plus a deposit of $88

Best price in WA is $309 total incl. GST or $209 plus $100 dep. For the 300g disposable, it's $46 PLUS $62 to $69 for the adapter, making it around $110+ for a single re-fill...
Worst price in WA is $365 total incl GST or $245 plus $120. The 300g can is $48.20 - Just goes to show that dealing with a smaller business can be better, not the one at #1 position on a list....

Bursons only want $25 for the same 300g can. Adapters are also $62-ish as well.


Now to find a pump. ;-)

Originally Posted by superquag

My '95 Classic seems to have Quik-connect bayonet-like fittings, both near the back and RH side of engine room. - larger screw-in caps than a tyre valve.

That link to airfco is good, same/similar price as evibay with the convenience of local warranty if needed. (Did'nt check the postage though..)

Priced out the gas. Bursons are around $256.50 total incl GST or $168.50 for the 4.5kg bottle plus a deposit of $88

Best price in WA is $309 total incl. GST or $209 plus $100 dep. For the 300g disposable, it's $46 PLUS $62 to $69 for the adapter, making it around $110+ for a single re-fill...
Worst price in WA is $365 total incl GST or $245 plus $120. The 300g can is $48.20 - Just goes to show that dealing with a smaller business can be better, not the one at #1 position on a list....

Bursons only want $25 for the same 300g can. Adapters are also $62-ish as well.


Now to find a pump. ;-)

If you want to try a small disposable before you invest in a 4.5kg bottle, I can post you over the bottle adapter to try, it doesn't weigh much. I'd want it back though I purchased probably 1dozen disposable cans for $25 before I realised it was false economy ..... It depends how many mates suddenly want there A/C working once they realise you can do it ............... $25 is about what the dispoable tins are. $48 is insane, it's only a glorified bbq gas

I don't mind paying for the bottle, if it was R134a you'd be paying @#$@#D bottle rental (which really ****es me off). I HATE paying bottle rental for DIY type stuff. If you were actually a fridgie it wouldn't matter 'cos you'd be using them everyday, not a handful of times a year.

seeya,
Shane L.

air conditioning is for pussies!

Originally Posted by uninformed

air conditioning is for pussies!

Problem is that it was already fitted when I bought the car, I asked for one without the a/c but Land Rover didn't make Range Rovers without it at that time.

Originally Posted by uninformed

air conditioning is for pussies!

I take it you've never done a six-hour trip in 44c with a baby in the car . . .

Davo, don't snivel - it's the eastern Kimberley!


Pete

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

............. but Land Rover didn't make Range Rovers without it at that time.

Anyway, back on topic: my '83 Rangie has the York compressor setup but it leaked, (who put that hoseclip on there???) and the entire system is out of the car now. The plan is to keep the evaporator but to replace the old condensor, all the hoses and drier, and to put a new Sanden compressor at the lower LH side of the engine like some 80s Range Rovers had.

Will the 31-year-old evaporator and expansion valve be okay? Is there a better type of condensor these days? Am I on the right track with this?