I was told by an Independent honda shop that the type of A/C compressor (Airplane style as they called it) i have cannot be converted to R134A. I was hoping to get a second opinion on this and was wondering if anyone had any other ideas on how i could get some A/C in this car. (aftermarket compressor maybe? i'm not sure)

Thanks in advance.

 

sounds wierd...i'm not 100% certain on your particular application, but you can convert pretty much anything that was R12 to R134A

 

They just told me that there were two types of compressors for older honda's, and that one doesn't work right/work well with 134A. I might just try to convert it anyways, because i really was hoping to have A/C.

I still would like some more opinions. It's the japan model FWD wagon. I just looked on Hondapartsnow.com, and the two brands of A/C compressors are Keihin and Sanden, which doesn't help since i don't know which mine is.

 

from my experience, they are usually tagged with the manufacturer info on them.

 

It wont work as efficiently but it will still work. The Expansion valve is where you might run into trouble. You might try an R-12 equivalent such as Duracool. Works awesome in my old R-12 system Volvo.

The real question is what kind of shape is your compressor in now? How long has the system been dead for? Most shops dont want to touch ancient dead AC systems for good reason. For *them* to get it up to snuff would cost *you* double the value of the car.

Best to do the hard parts yourself. New O-Rings, Accumulator, Compressor and a good system flush. Button it up and take it to a shop to vac, fill, and test.

 

Second vote here for Duracool or equivalent (called "R-12a"). This will get around the problematic R-134a conversion.

Best if you do this work by DIY. In fact, an A/C shop won't go near a Duracool retrofit even though it is probably the best solution in your situation.