On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, John wrote:

> I purchased a kit to convert my 91 Accord from r12 air conditioning to r
> 134. How do I recover the r-12 already in the system before I fill it
> with r 134 refrigerant?

*YOU* don't, because a refrigerant-recovery machine costs multiple
thousands of dollars. A shop does that.

Don't forget to budget for the imminent compressor failure that your
consumer-type "retrofit kit" will cause.

Why are you converting, anyway?