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Update - fired up car and “played” with the relays (fans and compressor) and got compressor to fire up. Noticed blower and high blower relays were pretty warm. Regardless had system up and running and added 837g of R134. Will potentially get some spare relays. Is it typical of a...

OK, no major progress here - hit an miss. Went to autoparts store to buy some refrigerant. AC worked like a charm there and back. Got home and evacuated system, ran vacuum for 45 minutes. Went to charge and after I got the first can in (~340g), the compressor wasnt turning on. High side...

@Honcho I did find a chart to correlate low side pressure and ambient temp - and I am within that spec now... Let me go take her for a 10 mile jaunt and see how she does.

I have a new trinary-switch, all new o-rings. pretty much all new! Thanks. With slightly less refrigerant (was at 34oz, now less but unknown) will take her for a drive. Thanks Honcho!

OK, Hooked up gauges - Here is the "before" with AC running at idle. Low side 55, High 137 With some R134 recaptured (use your imagination) Low side 30, High 170 - left idling 5 minutes, continuous cold. Then when I turn off AC/Car the readings are Low side jumps to 65, High side 135...

The condenser fans WERE shot and were replaced with new motors and work fine. Let me throw some gauges on it today and report what I see.... I promise not to vent off any R134 if too high...... pinkie promise..... Chris

Question for the AC pros. Rebuilt climate system on my 91. New Evaporator, new condensers, new dryer, new expansion valve and new compressor. NEW. ;-) I have gauges and a vacuum pump. Held vacuum for 30 minutes, so no leaks afaik. I added 34oz of R134. Realized almost...

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Passed smog here in CA with flying colors! Thanks all!

BTW, Had the "shower of shame" this am, man my hands hurt like hell, nicks and cuts everywhere! Must be these soft programmer hands lol.

@drew It appeared the front exhaust was a full tooth ahead of the intake AND the rear exhaust was line up with intake (not 1/2 tooth advanced)..... So, check your timing folks. I cant wait to get her to a smog show so may stay home from work tomorrow....

Well shit, this is embarrassing. Seriously embarrassing. @Honcho @Old Guy . So, I bought a gauge set and confirmed fuel pressure was ok - it was within spec. I then decided to hook up the timing light and BINGO. Timing at idle was at TDC. Drilled out the rivets on the timing adjuster...

@Honcho Coolant temp sensor in the mail... ty. (37870-PJ7-003)

@Honcho - Yep, sprayed nice and free. @Old Guy - The SoS cat's are aftermarket. Will look into a wide band 02 sensor. Also, I replaced the temp sensor near the thermostat housing, it seems to be the one for the dash gauge. Perhaps I replace the other? ((where is it?)

UPDATE - Car seems to run perfectly. Soooo, I took her to my local smog shop for a pre-check. Here is the net: HC ppm are very high at idle (500ppm), but ok at higher RPM (20 ppm). There are two components to smog test, checking at idle, and checking at higher RPM and it would fail...