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Did an oil change yesterday and the engine up front is dry as can be. Sweet. Little oil from the passenger valve cover and I think the rear breather plate. All good to go and using much less oil.

R12 is out there for sale. Current pricing is about $2000 for a 30lb cylinder. I know where I could lay hands on about 120lb of the stuff for the price of asking. It's not as rare as you might think. As for filling R134 - it's done by weight. When that isn't appropriate or possible it's done by system pressure which varies based on ambient conditions. It's not that difficult really. Being a shop owner I invested in a $4,000 AC machine so I can have my joe's recharge systems and be fully compliant with the laws of the land. Don't wish to engage in any imperial entanglements over not properly recovering refrigerants. GD

I got them in 2004 when I bought a used BRAT for parts off a guy in Jacksonville Fl at the NAS. See photo below for picture of the side rails on the parts BRAT THey are the original ones that SOA sold. He had them on his BRAT. I dont know of any other way to mount them other than drilling. I am in the process of respraying the paint so now would be the time to go ahead and mount them. They have been sitting on a shelf for 17 years and are in great shape.