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Old 07-13-2011, 11:21 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by jackhild59 View Post
R134a is not a good replacement on our FC's because the FC does not have adequate condenser area. The conversion will work great if you add a larger *capacity* condenser. Other cars with large condensers would also make good candidates for conversion. Ted's Cressida falls in this category.
This is a very good and important point.

The FC is one of the very few cars that *overheat* when you turn on the A/C.
This implies the condenser core is too small.
Most times, most cars will cool down due to the A/C dedicated aux fan running on top of everything else.


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