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I had mine recharged last year with R12. The shop had it. Cost me $130 or something. That freon fiasco is a joke, a jump to conclusions on the hole in the atmosphere.

Your problem might be vacuum related. Take your air cleaner box out and see if the heater valve is closing.
I'm fairly certain all the vacuum stuff is working properly. I was getting heating in the winter and A/C cooling up to last week. I haven't had a chance to test anything yet other than to confirm the compressor clutch is not engaging. I am not getting warm or hot air when I try to run A/C, it's definitely outside air temperature. I figure if I jump the low pressure switch, I can check if the clutch engages. If it does, then low refrigerant is the likely culprit. I don't have gauges so I can't test it directly.

As for ozone hole, this isn't the right forum and I don't want to inject politics into it at all, but there is very solid science behind the issue of CFC's and ozone depletion. The Wikipedia article Ozone depletion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has a good overview. That is all I will say on that subject.

Hugo
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