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I thought the interview went well, but no one can get a hold of her since Maxwell Smart stole her phone while he's was cleaning up Six Flags.

You guys are shameless!!! Ever think of walking in someone else's shoes?

Now don't go putting your foot in your mouth.

Thanks everyone. I bit the bullet and added one more can of R134 and that was enough to kick the compressor on. I wish I would have ignored the instructions before the drive to Bakersfield.

Thank you. Something I can learn from. Now I'm curious why the refill systems add the the high pressure side, any insight to that?

A pair of 13 y/o girl shoes. :assrock:

How so? I'm hearing the compressor won't kick on since the pressure is low, but I haven't heard if I need to add more refrigerant or if there's something more. The reason for this post was to find a AC person I can trust. I'd just hate to drop a few hundred dollars in having someone do something that I'm capable of doing after all the work I've done on the truck without assistance. If it's a matter of equipment I can live with dropping the money (ie if my system does have to be evacuated). If I only need to add these refill R134 cans on the high pressure side I'd just assume do that myself and save some money.

Joe since you do AC I'll ask you, can I add more cans without causing problems? Currently the pressure is high when the compressor is off.

It worked fine before I took it apart. I did not evacuate the system. All I did was disconnect the two lines at the condenser, pull the AC lines through the firewall, and mount as it was to the new cab. Now knowing that I needed more freon I saw the DIY systems at the store. I read that I could add one can if the compressor didn't kick on and if it still didn't come on I need to "seek professional help". Now I'm here. I lost very little when the refrigerant was flowing out at high pressure.

The compressor doesn't stay on long enough for anything to get cool. Probably 2 seconds.

That's certainly close to me.

I know there was a major leak, I caused it when I swapped cabs. After I re-tightened the condenser the system's holding the pressure from the one can I added a month ago. I'm just not sure if the Walmart system I have is adequate for a complete fill. I was hoping someone knew of a shop that wanted a easy job and would be willing to cut me a break. Maybe I'll go to PepBoys.

Anyone recommend a good (inexpensive ) shop? I lost all the refrigerant in my system and originally thought I could refill the system just using the refill cans. I got one can in the system but the directions say don't add more if the compressor won't turn over. Currently my compressor kicks on and off in short intervals and I wonder if I need to get more R134/oil in the system in order for it to stay on, but with my Wal-Mart setup I can't check high and low side pressures. Thanks.

I love it and besides the obvious fraudulent emails I've had nothing but good luck. I sold my restored VW, a '88 Chevy, and my quad and found good deals on car parts as well. I wouldn't just haul it down to Vegas on the guys word. There are a bunch of tire kickers that just roam CL.

Those pics are great. Awesome camera. I kicking myself for not seeing this earlier.

We all are correct- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truggy "The most common recreational uses of truggies are rockcrawling, and desert racing, such as the Baja 1000." Hell the definition of Truggy has the TH buggy in it- Since I'm mainly into rockcrawling I never thought to extend the name to desert racing but it only makes sense. I want to make my truggy a go-fast rockcrawler so I can have fun with it here in the desert or dunes yet still crawl.

You are right. I'm building a truggy. The pictures I posted on the first page are of truggys.

That's crazy because I am too. I put Merced because no one knows where Mariposa is. I went to school in Merced though.

I got it out. Mine was "stuck" to say the least. I just kept pushing the release button and it finally unlocked.

So my ignition cylinder seems to have taken a dump on me as my key will not come back to the off position so my key's stuck. I've been trying to pull the cylinder following the instructions in the Haynes manual but no luck. Seems I'm now going to be looking for a locksmith that does this sort of work. Thanks.

I see that you're in SoCal. Here's our sister club's site- http://www.thesocalbigdawgs.com/index.php

I'm currently living in Henderson, NV- which is how I found this site. My permanent home is in Merced, CA.

Well thanks everyone. I'll get on the phone.

Mobility is great since I'm waiting on ordered parts to put the truck back together.

1998 Chevy.