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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 should probably have that done by a professional. That way, you don't
have to worry about containing it and disposing of it. Since r-12 is so
strictly regulated now, both of those would be a royal pain in the ass.

"John" <John@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
>

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?