Not sure what the current price of R12 is in your area.... I can imagine it
is "painful"...

Last I saw in our area, it was a bout $700 COST for a 30# keg... we are not
permitted to use it in automotive applications but for logging and
construction applications, it is still legal... And I really have no idea
what that is all about (other than, possibly, political contributions...).

" Mr. Bones" > wrote in message
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>> > In your case, I would address the leaks you can see and work from
> there....
>> If the car jas been converted to use R-134a, we must remember that these
>> molecules (I am told) are very small molecules - even to the point of
> being
>> capable of leeching through some rubber compounds....
>>
>
> I'm still using R-12, which is why I have to have a shop do the work. I'm
> not going to convert to R134 at this time, but I'll leave that discussion
> for another thread.
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