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lemondana said

I still find R12 for 20-30 bucks a can. You must have been watching Fantomworks that one time when dickhead Dan charged the poor soul 1000.00 a can or something like that.

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I had a can of R-12 on the shelf and a fill hose for it I no longer needed. Sold it on ebay for ~$60. Most others I saw advertised asked $100 for a can. Have prices dropped? Strangely, I found that can left on a bench over the river when out jogging ~10 yrs ago (nobody around), so grabbed it knowing it was gold, plus recall I still had R-12 in one car then.

Dan Short dropped the Fantomworks show, saying the filming was too intrusive on their work. I liked that they showed actual prices for their restoration work, which were often jaw-dropping for even basic mechanical work, but probably reasonable giving the labor hours and time spent sourcing parts. Only strange thing I saw was when a mechanic removed the upper ball joints in a Mopar A-body using a big pipe wrench. That works, but will mar the paint installing the new one. Must not have known about the special socket, which I have (both small and large ones).