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| Re: Dura cool [message #302931 is a reply to message #302928] |
Fri, 01 July 2016 18:25   |
bobby5832708
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I've had Enviro-Safe brand refrigerant in my GMC for years. Works great.
Bob Heller
2017 Winnebago 29VE
Winter Springs FL
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302954 is a reply to message #302948] |
Sat, 02 July 2016 11:29 |
tphipps
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RedTec is DuraCool equivelant. It is for sale here in Canada at Princess Auto, along with other HC12a replacements for R12 or R134.
Having a great visit in Nova Scotia.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302963 is a reply to message #302954] |
Sat, 02 July 2016 15:15 |
Dan Gibb
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Thanks everybody! I ordered the cheaper "same as...." stuff.
I'll report back when I have it in.
Dan Gibb
1977 Eleganza II
Tucson, Az
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302965 is a reply to message #302948] |
Sat, 02 July 2016 16:15 |
Mr ERFisher
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On Saturday, July 2, 2016, Rob Mueller wrote:
> Ken,
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> 12 cans of Frosty Cool are $49.95
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> 12 cans of Dura Cool are $102.00
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> They are both exactly the same.
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> How Dou know?
Links?
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> USAussie - Downunder
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org ] On
> Behalf Of Ken Burton
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 5:42 PM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool
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> Worthington AG Parts sells Duracool in their stores and also online.
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> http://www.worthingtonagparts.com/Miscellaneous-Refrigerant-Duracool-12A-6-oz-Recharge-Can-NEW-WN-D12A06
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> http://www.worthingtonagparts.com/search?q=Duracool&As=true&Sid=true
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302968 is a reply to message #302948] |
Sat, 02 July 2016 16:31 |
Ken Burton
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I remember when you ordered Frosty Cool as a test. I must have missed when you reported using or testing it.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302977 is a reply to message #302965] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 07:40 |
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USAussie
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Mueller [mailto:robmueller@iinet.net.au]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 7:06 AM
To: 'gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org'
Subject: RE: [GMCnet] yet another dash AC question
Emery / JR,
Here's where I bought my last case of refrigerant for Double Trouble:
http://www.frostycool.com/
http://www.frostycool.com/frostycool-134-replacement-refrigerant-16-oz-equivalent-1-case-12x-cans/
I processed a mock order for a case shipped to Houston, the math was $49.95 for the Frosty Cool and 12.95 for shipping making a
total of $62.89 or $5.24 a can; two bucks per can less than Dura Cool.
Yes it's the same as Dura Cool.
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of gene Fisher
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 7:15 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool
On Saturday, July 2, 2016, Rob Mueller wrote:
> Ken,
>
> 12 cans of Frosty Cool are $49.95
>
> 12 cans of Dura Cool are $102.00
>
> They are both exactly the same.
>
> How Dou know?
Links?
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> USAussie - Downunder
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org ] On
> Behalf Of Ken Burton
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 5:42 PM
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool
>
> Worthington AG Parts sells Duracool in their stores and also online.
>
>
> http://www.worthingtonagparts.com/Miscellaneous-Refrigerant-Duracool-12A-6-oz-Recharge-Can-NEW-WN-D12A06
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> http://www.worthingtonagparts.com/search?q=Duracool&As=true&Sid=true
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302980 is a reply to message #302978] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 08:12 |
Ken Burton
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I have not been in the local Duracool store in a couple of years. I use to get it for about $5.50 per can there (plus sales tax and no shipping). Dan Gregg was paying the same at the Duracool store in Sikeston, Mo. With the online prices up, I assume the store prices are also higher.
USAussie wrote on Sun, 03 July 2016 07:50I probably never did.
John Sharpe and I put it in Double Trouble several years ago and it works fine. We also put it in the 1995 Jeep I bought from him
and it works fine there also.
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Burton
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 7:31 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool
I remember when you ordered Frosty Cool as a test. I must have missed when you reported using or testing it.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302984 is a reply to message #302978] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 08:43 |
Larry
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USAussie wrote on Sun, 03 July 2016 07:50I probably never did.
John Sharpe and I put it in Double Trouble several years ago and it works fine. We also put it in the 1995 Jeep I bought from him
and it works fine there also.
Regards,
Rob M.
I put it in my Tracker, my Honda Civic, my Motorhome, and my Buick LeSabre. It worked fine in the first three, but did not work in my 2000 Buick. The Buick had a slow leak, leaking down to no cool over the winter. So I decided to try Duracool in the system. Installing it was not a problem. The problem came in after the install. I could not get the compressor to come on with less than 28lbs on the low side. At 29lbs or more the compressor would come on, but the air coming from the AC system was at best "cool" not "cold". so it would not keep the car comfortable in hot weather. Attempts to bleed off Duracool down to 20 lbs would disengage the compressor. Finally, I bled off the Duracool and put in 35lbs of R134, and the system blew Ice cold. It leads me to believe that the pressure sensor in GM cars of that era, have disengage pressures at 28lbs or lower...or maybe my pressure sensor is bad. Either way, the Buick is now blowing cold, so I'm leaving it. JWID
Larry 
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #302990 is a reply to message #302984] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 10:58 |
bdub
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/gmcnet-archive/%22Bob$20de$20Kruyff%22$20%22buick%22/gmcnet-archive/w9D0AyTMiW4/GLBBQQHW7
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist On Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2016 8:44 AM
I put it in my Tracker, my Honda Civic, my Motorhome, and my Buick LeSabre. It worked fine in the first three, but did not work in
my Buick. The Buick
had a slow leak, leaking down to no cool over the winter. So I decided to try Duracool in the system. Installing it was not a
problem. The problem
came in after the install. I could not get the compressor to come on with less than 28lbs on the low side. At 29lbs or more the
compressor would come
on, but the air coming from the AC system was at best "cool" not "cold". so it would not keep the car comfortable in hot weather.
Attempts to bleed
off Duracool down to 20 lbs would disengage the compressor. Finally, I bled off the Duracool and put in 35lbs of R134, and the
system blew Ice cold.
It leads me to believe that the pressure sensor in GM cars of that era, have disengage pressures at 28lbs or lower...or maybe my
pressure sensor is
bad. Either way, the Buick is now blowing cold, so I'm leaving it. JWID
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| Re: Dura cool [message #302995 is a reply to message #302928] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 13:38 |
JohnL455
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I really see no reason to put Duracool in a 134a vehicle the the CORRECT refrigerant is avalable everywhere at prices as low as $3.99 per can.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: Dura cool [message #303004 is a reply to message #302928] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 15:57 |
Carl S.
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They must have recently decided to go out of business. I ordered a case of Duracool from Bennet and received it about two weeks later, just last month.
Guess I'll be looking at alternatives myself. Frostycool looks like the best one.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dura cool [message #303005 is a reply to message #303004] |
Sun, 03 July 2016 16:13 |
emerystora
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Duracool IS NOT out of business.
Bennett Cycle is a company in Louisville, KT. It is a reseller. It has never manufactured any product.
Years ago it sold Duracool but in recent years it no longer sold Duracool but sold a similar product called HC1a. (Hydrocarbon 1a). This was a direct substitute for Duracool.
There are many other places where one can purchase Duracool.
You don’t have to look for alternatives.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO
> On Jul 3, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Carl Stouffer wrote:
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> They must have recently decided to go out of business. I ordered a case of Duracool from Bennet and received it about two weeks later, just last
> month.
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> Guess I'll be looking at alternatives myself. Frostycool looks like the best one.
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
> Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles
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