Hi, all...
I've got an '85 Spider 2000, and since I'm in Arizona (where the
temperatures reached 112F / 45C recently), it's pretty im****tant to
have a working air conditioner.
My Spider has some sort of slow leak I'm chasing (it'll lose its
charge in a matter of weeks or months), so I've injected some
leak-detection dye into the system (so far, to no avail - I'm afraid
the leak is inside the dash area).
A couple questions...
1) The car was converted from R12 to R134a refrigerant, which requires
putting an extension on the compressor's low-pressure ****t. This
extension ends up being about an inch below the distributor, so any
time I want to add / check the refrigerant, I have to pull the
distributor out of the car. Has anyone out there had / cured this
problem (with a right angle extension or ????).
2) Where are the most common points you've had refrigerant leaks in
your Alfas? I'm wondering if the shop that did the 134a conversion
skipped the "hard part" up under the dash near the eva****ator. It was
by the previous owner's mechanic, so I have no way of knowing for
sure.
Thanks,
Mark "sizzling" Hickey
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