Hooked up the magic machine, gauges read zero.


Pulled and held a vacuum for 15 minutes, then let it sit another 20 minutes.
Held vacuum so I recharged it, 46oz of R134a per the conversion sticker under the hood.
AC is blowing cold, considering I'm stationary inside my shop with an ambient temp of 66*, I have outlet temps of 42*. Hopefully it does a little better when moving, we'll see.

My pressures seem a bit low, if it's less than awesome in real life I might try adding a few more ounces of refrigerant and see how it behaves.


I also discovered the thermostat knob on my fridge was stripped, so it was set to high regardless of where the knob was positioned.
I swapped the Electric thermostat knob for the the stripped gas one and was able to turn the thermostat. I set it to a pretty high temp, I'll see what happens next weekend.


Pulled and held a vacuum for 15 minutes, then let it sit another 20 minutes.
Held vacuum so I recharged it, 46oz of R134a per the conversion sticker under the hood.
AC is blowing cold, considering I'm stationary inside my shop with an ambient temp of 66*, I have outlet temps of 42*. Hopefully it does a little better when moving, we'll see.

My pressures seem a bit low, if it's less than awesome in real life I might try adding a few more ounces of refrigerant and see how it behaves.


I also discovered the thermostat knob on my fridge was stripped, so it was set to high regardless of where the knob was positioned.
I swapped the Electric thermostat knob for the the stripped gas one and was able to turn the thermostat. I set it to a pretty high temp, I'll see what happens next weekend.