Bookmarking this thread - summer is coming! Need to get a new condenser for my SD, clean everything out and hope for the best. For the record, Harbor Freight has AC vacuum pumps with both R-134 and R-12 attachments for about $30, with a decent gauge it should be a cheap way to find leaks...

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth