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So I just moved to Washington State, and I have a 1991 Subaru Legacy wagon that my son drives. Recently, he rear-ended it into a truck, and we've been rebuilding the front end. We found everything we needed from a local wrecking yard, and put it all back together. Somewhat.
Anyway, my problem is that my son wants AC in it- the AC has never worked in all the years I've owned it, turns out there was a leak in the condenser. We replaced the condenser and pressure-tested the system with about 60 PSI of air and sprayed it with soapy water to check for leaks. The only leaks we found were on a couple fittings that weren't tight enough, and after fixing that, it looked fine.
Now, being a 1991 car, it originally used R12 as the refrigerant. As I understand it, since you can't get R12 anymore, I'd have to either find some on eBay and recharge it myself, or retrofit or replace the entire system for one that works with R134. My son found this stuff on eBay (really long link), and it looked kind of sketchy. I have no idea if this even legal in Washington.
Any comments or thoughts would be helpful!
--JR
(P.S. If this is the wrong forum, please feel free to point me in the right direction!)
So I just moved to Washington State, and I have a 1991 Subaru Legacy wagon that my son drives. Recently, he rear-ended it into a truck, and we've been rebuilding the front end. We found everything we needed from a local wrecking yard, and put it all back together. Somewhat.
Anyway, my problem is that my son wants AC in it- the AC has never worked in all the years I've owned it, turns out there was a leak in the condenser. We replaced the condenser and pressure-tested the system with about 60 PSI of air and sprayed it with soapy water to check for leaks. The only leaks we found were on a couple fittings that weren't tight enough, and after fixing that, it looked fine.
Now, being a 1991 car, it originally used R12 as the refrigerant. As I understand it, since you can't get R12 anymore, I'd have to either find some on eBay and recharge it myself, or retrofit or replace the entire system for one that works with R134. My son found this stuff on eBay (really long link), and it looked kind of sketchy. I have no idea if this even legal in Washington.
Any comments or thoughts would be helpful!
--JR
(P.S. If this is the wrong forum, please feel free to point me in the right direction!)