just taken the trip to toyota to take advantage of their air con service offer. they never batted an eyelid when i told them the age of the vehicle, so i assumed all was ok.
alas i got a call later in the afternoon to say 'er, we've never had this before, but the connections are not the same and the mechanic says its the old illegal r12'.
in hindsight i should have specifically asked when booking if they'd do an r12 system, but never mind. at least they washed the car for nothing.
this hasn't deterred me from wanting to get my a/c and cooler box working though so i'm trying to find the best way of doing this. Should i be going down the conversion to r134a route or is it worth trying to find a specialist with the r12 substitute (RS24 google tells me)?
if anyone can point me in the direction of an air con specialist in Scotland, that would be much appreciated. a mechanic told me there was a poster 'climacool' on pistonheads who was a specialist in glasgow, but i've not been able to find that poster or company.
thanks for your help
callum
alas i got a call later in the afternoon to say 'er, we've never had this before, but the connections are not the same and the mechanic says its the old illegal r12'.
in hindsight i should have specifically asked when booking if they'd do an r12 system, but never mind. at least they washed the car for nothing.
this hasn't deterred me from wanting to get my a/c and cooler box working though so i'm trying to find the best way of doing this. Should i be going down the conversion to r134a route or is it worth trying to find a specialist with the r12 substitute (RS24 google tells me)?
if anyone can point me in the direction of an air con specialist in Scotland, that would be much appreciated. a mechanic told me there was a poster 'climacool' on pistonheads who was a specialist in glasgow, but i've not been able to find that poster or company.
thanks for your help
callum