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Old 06-04-2017, 09:48 AM
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1994 should have been factory R134a.

You really need to know what's going on with the high side as well. Without knowing what both high and low are doing, you're just shooting in the dark and guessing.

I'm going through the same thing in my SDL right now (different refrigerant). Center vent won't get blow ~65 in my case. Was working perfectly for a period of time, blowing in the upper 30s. I've tracked the issue in mine down to a stuck expansion valve. Stuck open in my case. Compressor pulled in, good charge of refrigerant, but low side is high and high side is low. Bang on the expansion valve and it'll work briefly until it moves again and gets stuck. You'd never know this was happening unless you had gauges hooked up to both high and low. You can watch it hunt a few times then "stick".
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