134a equivalent to r12 Freon

1993 FORD E-SERIES VAN
117,000 MILES • 5.8L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JAMES JONES SR
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My van has front and rear air which I converted to r134 from r12. I replaced the dryer, compressor and flushed the whole system with A/C flush. My question is from a chart I downloaded it says my system requires 72 oz of r12. Now that I am using r134a do I still use 72 oz? When looking at equivalences r12 weighs 3.0 oz per oz of r12 verses r134a weighs 2.6 oz per oz of refrigerant. Does this mean that I should add an additional 8 oz of r134a to my 72 oz called for making it 80oz? I arrived at that sum by taking 72 x .04 which equals 21.6 then divided that by 2.6 which comes out to about 8 oz of 134a to equal the same weight as the r12. I hope you understand this question.
Jul 14, 2018 at 11:52 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good afternoon.

When converting 12 to 134, use 80% of the 12 spec for the 134. you need 57.6 ounces of 134.

Roy
Jul 14, 2018 at 1:32 PM
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JAMES JONES SR
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Thank you Roy. This information was very helpful.
Jul 15, 2018 at 9:40 AM
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You are welcome. Feel free to ask any follow up questions.

Roy
Jul 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM