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View Poll Results: About your A/C?
My A/C works great and always has. 19 13.87%
My A/C works great but I had to repair it to get it that way 44 32.12%
My A/C is a R134a conversion and only sort-of works 12 8.76%
My A/C is dead and has never worked (don't plan on repairing) 12 8.76%
My A/C died (locked up) during my ownership of the car 4 2.92%
My A/C is dead but I want to repair it 46 33.58%
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Old 03-27-2008, 03:55 PM
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Poll: Does your A/C work or not?

Based on the recent A/C questions popping up I thought I'd post a poll to see people's A/C situations...

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Old 03-27-2008, 03:57 PM
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Both mine work, after great expense.
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Old 03-27-2008, 03:57 PM
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Does not work. Had it charged when I bought the car last year, worked well for 1.5 months. Leaking somewhere I suppose.
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Old 03-27-2008, 03:59 PM
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Poll added.
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Based on the recent A/C questions popping up I thought I'd post a poll to see people's A/C situations...
This happens every year about this time... a few weeks early this year due to global warming.... LOL
Heater core questions pop up in the fall...
Proper oil questions can happen anytime someone is drinking heavily and at the computer..
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:03 PM
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I gotta leak. Works well for about a day.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:10 PM
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I could hang meat in my car with the AC on. Brrrrr.

R-12 forever!
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:10 PM
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works fine, except for the center vent thing. Going to take out the dash later this spring and replace/fix the pods, if I get the chance.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:12 PM
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I voted works well. Out of 3 '87s, one has R-134A, works well, one has a seized compressor (car parted, does it count?), one still R-12, works well but takes about 1/2lb each summer.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:13 PM
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Mine will work if I put a can pf 134A in it every day, but that is not gonna happen.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:14 PM
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Compressor locked up tight as can be on me last autumn.



Black on black car + Atlanta weather + Atlanta traffic - A/C = miserable driver

A/C will be fixed this spring.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:14 PM
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Haven't tried mine yet, but I'm hoping for the best.
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Old 03-27-2008, 04:18 PM
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My A/C is dead and has never worked (don't plan on repairing)

My heat does not work either - all vents, all settings blow air, but no climate control about it. I do plan to fix my heat and if after doing that I learn that all is needed is a recharge then I will consider it but as of present I have yet to consider allocating time or money for A/C.
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I live in Denver. Even if it worked I wouldn't use it.
I put on shorts when it's 95* and the days we go over 100 are
the BEST for me. I freeze under 70*.

Works in the 123 and the 126, but not in the 116.
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Haven't tried mine yet, but I'm hoping for the best.

This might be a good time to remind everyone that most AC systems need to be started about once per month INCLUDING THE WINTER...
They are designed to keep the front compressor seal lubricated by splash or pressure when running... so if you go 6 to 8 months without starting it you have greatly increased the chance that you have caused an unnecessary leak...
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