Hi Richard, I had to leave the boat, in the Bahamas, to return home without any further progress. I am going again July 29th and have acquired a new gauge set, pump, and scale to weight refrigerant, and refrigerant can adapter/valve. My intent is to put the pump on for several hours to hopefully insure the system is clean and then add the proper amount of refrigerant. I will check for leaks before pumping it down.

I have a new filter/dryer but unless I can find a competent refer guy to sweet the old one off and solder the new one on I feel I will need to skip that step and cross my fingers that the filter/dryer is OK. Based on your advise I am concerned that the odds that I could cause further contamination cases me pause anyway.

If you would be willing to give me step by step directions I would appreciate it very much. Unfortunatly I can only saty on the boat a few days because my wife is fighting an illness so I can't be gone from home for very long.


Best regards, Jeff

Last I read about your refrigerator problem was you let out refrigerant. What finally fixed refrigerator?
Richard