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Originally Posted by VaSteve
...but how do I determine if it actually works? And on the cheap...no dyes, pressure testing or recharging.
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Your requirements are mutually exclusive. If you want to figure out if it works or even will work, you're going to have to spend money. Probably more than a couple of hundred bucks. Maybe not much more, but still...
If the guy spent thousands to get the system going, then he must have replaced a LOT of stuff. I can't see why you wouldn't go the last $500 to make sure the system is in good shape and ready for years of very cold air production. So here are two thoughts:
1.) Figure out what the guy put in, ask in here what those parts might bring on the used market, and sell them in the parts section so you have some extra cash. (Tear out the whole system.) This will decrease the resale value of the car some, for some potential buyers.
2.) Figure out what the guy put in, then call Charlie Griffiths to have him help you get the system actually working - and not just working for this year, but next year and the year after that... Which *increases* resale value for those same potential buyers.
The first way puts some money in your pocket and reduces the weight of the car, and you're no worse off than you were before in a climate-control sense. The second way means you can drive the car on the days where you might have taken "the other car" because of the AC choice.