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Old 06-24-2012, 02:51 AM   #12
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Re: Project Family Chummins

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Originally Posted by Ackattack View Post
...In the past I rented a vacuum pump from a rental shop for about $35/day (3 times for "no buck"). That gets a little spendy, so I noticed a pnuematic vacuum pump from Harbor Freight, and picked that up for only $15. You just hook up an air line to it and it will pull a vaccuum on the A/C system. It worked great, pulling a deeper vacuum than the rental vacuum pump would! After about a half hour a having a vacuum on the system I charged it up and the A/C works great...
Thanks for the input on the HF vacuum pump. I was looking at that one. Can't hurt to try it out for the money.
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