l-o-n-g DIY ac recharge hose
l-o-n-g DIY ac recharge hose
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I just successfully recharged my daughter's Honda Accord 134 AC system using one of those DIY Interdynamics kits available everywhere.
My wife then announced the AC in her Mazda MPV probably needs recharge, too.
Unlike the convenient ports on the Honda, The Lowside port on the MAzda is buried way back by the firewall.
Before I consider just splicing a few feet of whatever in Is there a source for a DIY kit with a real long hose?
My wife then announced the AC in her Mazda MPV probably needs recharge, too.
Unlike the convenient ports on the Honda, The Lowside port on the MAzda is buried way back by the firewall.
Before I consider just splicing a few feet of whatever in Is there a source for a DIY kit with a real long hose?





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Rod
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rmw
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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How can they make this stuff, package & ship it over here at these prices?
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My freon recovery unit, (in fact a 'Robinair' 12/134) shot craps six months after the warranty ran out. I actually bought it through the Snap-on jobber, because as a durable piece (HA!!) of test equipment I did NOT want to scrimp!
For Hobby, DIY, & occasional use, much, (but not all) of Harbor Freight tools are perfectly serviceable.
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After the dust settles it usually comes down to "Excluding the occasional lemon, certain tools are well worth the money and some aren't worth the gas to pick them up." For example, one of the dirt-cheap clamps they sell breaks almost instantly with any pressure because they use plastic in the locking mechanism... people scream junk, but if you replace that piece with a $0.05 metal nut, it works as well as the best on the market. An air-powered cutoff tool cost me $20, and it has been through some extremely tough times (cutting hardened concrete, for example)... a similar tool from a good manufacturer would have cost me at least triple that, but this one is still going strong.
You have to look at it on a tool-by-tool basis with HF...
Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
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I am NOT a painter. Occasionally I have to touch up a bit of paint here & there for corrosion protection (and esthetics of course).
I offer for your appraisal:
http://
and this: a "Brand name"
http://www.tcpglobal.com/spraygundepot/bnkm1g.aspx
It's not even economical to CLEAN the cheapo version, for reuse!
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As to some of the HF tools, one or two have outlived the high priced brand...My chop saw has aided in building several roll cages and has gone through probably 20 blades...still going as is my band saw. Most all my pneumatic couplers and hoses are HF and some are 20 years old. Your money, your choice!
Rod
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I've always wondered why more domestic tool companies don't make economical, simple tools like HF sells. In their line of hydraulic tools, they basically have a couple of rams, and adapt them to dozens of simple tools like presses and lifts that are nothing but simple steel shapes cut and drilled to bolt together into different configurations. I can't believe the labor in these is such a huge chunk that a domestic couldn't come close on price.
On the other hand, nothing is as disappointing as a domestic tool that is a piece of junk.
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Regards
Pat
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rmw
PS to Thru-the-fence, I likewise escaped from Lolly Poly but about 7 years later. I did get my senior ring while it was still an "institute" and somehow that has had a certain poignance to it ever since. I was one of Mr. Thigpen's boys too.
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Tools are worth what you want to pay for them I have Binks, Devilbiss,and Harbor freight spray guns, the Harbor freight guns perform as well as the Higher end guns and since I shoot Gelcoat and 2 part Polyurethane with them, if one plugs up because the paint cured in the gun, the trash can is right there.
I have a manifold set for R12/R22that came from HF 10 years ago that has seen weekly use and the rubber hoses show no sign of cracking or flaking off inside.
I have CP air tools and harbor freight air tools, I just paid $150 to get a CP air tool repaired. The equivalent HF tool would go in the trash if it ever broke.
The scary thing is that HF has junk and good tools side by side on the shelf and you have to figure out which is which.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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Rod
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So , you don't like the handwheel?
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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Right.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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Scott
I really am a good egg, I'm just a little scrambled!
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So did the can swell up like a football, or go off with a loud bang?
Don't keep us in suspense.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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Stupid mistake with a very good outcome. Lucky Learning I call it.
Cheers,
Scott
I really am a good egg, I'm just a little scrambled!
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"well then Mr. Scott, you're fired. "
It didn't shrapnel the radiator did it?
This is why we have global warming. People like us blowing up 12 oz cans of freon. Oh and cow flatulence too!
Cheers,
Scott
I really am a good egg, I'm just a little scrambled!
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rmw