Or, what I learned at the shop today.
Took the truck in to get the AC recharged. It didn't take them long. I came back, fired up the truck turned on the AC, and thought I heard a horrible noise. Turned off the radio, and there it was, for a few seconds, a horrific grinding noise.
Turned the truck off, went back in. They told me "10 minutes" and took the truck back into the shop.
1/2 hour later, I asked, did they find anything? Yup, they'd overgassed the AC and were redoing it now. Overgassed?Apparently, they'd recharged the AC to the recommended amount, in the morning when it was cooler. They parked the truck in the sun, it was around 95f when I picked it up. Gas expands... and suddenly the AC is overgassed. Sigh. Does this explanation make sense? I understand the physics of gasses expanding, but wouldn't the folks that write the manuals know that, and take that into account when stating volumes or whatnot?
It works now though. Blessed, blessed AC :) Having nearly no AC when the temps are in the 90s is no fun at all...
On a completely different subject...
Interestingly enough, the young man who provided the taxi service to and from the dealer is quite into Dodge trucks, and wants to import a Ram - apparently some Australian states now allow lefthand-drive vehicles (previously, they were only allowed under SOFA). So it's instantly become more affordable - previously they'd not only pay to import the truck, but pay quite a bit more to have it converted to righthand-drive.
I still firmly believe that Dodge should sell the Dakota and Ram here in Australia. From the attention and covetous looks and comments the Dak gets from Aussies here, I think they'd sell quiet well.
Faugh, my truck gets more attention from Aussie males than I do :) (of course, Hubby would have it no other way )
jmc