Air Conditioning Questions(Recharge/Idle-Up) Options

[Coomer]

My plan is to get my A/C working pretty soon, and everything mechanical is on the engine. The compressor/belt is there, the condenser, the lines, etc. are all there.

Now I know that I'm going to need a refrigerant recharge once I hook up the lines and get it wired and such.

Do do-it-yourself products like these work? I'd prefer not to take my car anywhere if I don't have to, as I don't trust anyone to work on my car besides me.




And then here's my second question. Wiring will probably be a pain, but I've heard that there is only really one wire that switches the A/C on and off, and the rest of the wiring is for the idle-up and such, to increase the engine idle when the A/C is on. Do I really need this idle-up wiring setup? My idle is perfect right now, and I don't imagine that the A/C on at idle would cause the car to bog down to the point where it'll die or anything.

[lagos]

my ac still dosnt work after my swap too. im planning to look into this soon and fix the ac wiring. its only 4 wires, so it sould be an easy fix.

i dont know if the diy recharge kits work for us or not. i would thinking that your have to bleed the system somhow, to get rid of the air thats stuck in the lines.

[jgreening]

I can't help you on the wiring (mine and other swapper's work so its doable) but recharging is easy stuff for a qualified shop. It would be hard for them to screw it up and you should be able to get it done fairly inexpensively.

[Hanyo]

i believe. the only way to recharge a cars ac with those kits.. is when the ac is running low on freon. BUt in your case, your car doesnt have freon at all. You need a pump that will suck all the air out of the freon lines. After that, you need to fill it up with freon. I recomend you bring it to a shop.