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"The Commission on September European Union Commission 25, 2014 sent a formal request to Gerorders Germany to comply with many to take the necessary actions to ban of HFC-134a apply the EU Directive on Mobile Air The European Commission has ordered Germany to stop using HFC134a in new automobiles within two months or face court action and possible fines. Conditioning," an EU executive said in a statement. "Germany now has two months to take the necessary measures to com- ply with the Commission's request. If they fail to do so, the Commission may decide to refer the matter to the European Court of Justice." The action results from Germany's ACRK-4 A/C REPAIR INSTRU CTIONS WARNING - The repair described in these for mobile air conditioning instructions systems that use aluminum is tubing and A/C hose. repair pieces on otherUsing SWEDGE-LOK™ aluminum tubing materials like can cause failures steel or copper that may result in bodily death. Never use on automotive brakinginjury or systems. Aluminum Tube Repair Instructio ns 1. It is assumed that a leak has been discovered in the tube and the system aluminum has been evacuated. air conditioning NOTE: All mobile work technician according must be done by a certiﬁed and local regulations. to SAE J2845 and all federal, state, 2. Remove the entire leaking portion of the tube with a tubing NOTE: If the removed cutter. tubing portion is be necessary to greater than 1", use piece of aluminum two SWEDGE-LOK™ unions and it will a separate tubing to ﬁll the gap. 3. Use a ﬁle to square the tube ends and burrs and/or ﬂakes. make sure to remove This will allow the any squarely into the tube SWEDGE-LOK™ unions. ends to ﬁt securely and 4. Rotate the supplied abrasive cleaning circumference of pad around the entire the contaminants. NOTE: tube ends to remove corrosion, dirt, or foreign Avoid and only use a circular abrading in the direction of the tube motion. 5. Wipe tube ends with a clean cloth to remove residue abrasive pad and left from use that may have enteredcotton swabs to remove any ﬂakes or chips the tube ends. 6. Apply one small drop of SWEDGE-LOK Compound to the ™ Anaerobic Sealing cut circumference with end of the tubing and spread over the entire a clean, gloved ﬁngertip, area (1/8") at the leaving a small end of drop of the compound the tube. NOTE: Using more than clean can closing the SWEDGE-LOK cause 'hydraulic lock' and a small make ™ union impossible. 7. Select the correct SWEDGE-LOK™ union one end of the center for your repair and body over one of rotating to spread the cut and prepared slide the with the other end. compound inside of the union. Repeat ends, A Product of AGS Company Muskegon, MI 49443 USA www.agscompany.com 2013 MACS Most 8. Insert the SWEDGE-LOK ™ union body and SWEDGE-LOKR™ collar into the tool and the steps of the jaws. Make sure that the steps of the jaws union body and collar Hand tighten the cross are lined up and snug. screw to hold the body and collar in SWEDGE-LOK™ union place. cross screw is seated NOTE: Make sure the hex side of the ﬁrmly in the support catch on the edge pillar and cannot of the chrome leg. 9. Slip the SWEDGE-LOK (collar towards tube). ™ union body and collar over the ﬁrst tube end out inside the union NOTE: Make sure the tube end is bottomed body or the connection could leak. 10. Rotate the cross drive T-bar, a 3/8" ratchet screw clockwise using either the supplied pneumatic/electric drive or 3/4" (19mm) wrench, or a 3/8" tool until the ﬁrst collar has slid completely over the end and stopped at the center can cause damage rib. NOTE: Overtighteni ng SWEDGE-LOKR™ to both the SWEDGE-LOKR™ tool and the unions. 11. Rotate cross drive screw counter-clock SWEDGE-LOKR™ wise and remove tool from the now the compressed union. 12. Repeat steps 8 through 11 above on the remaining complete the repair. tube end to 13. Block-off is the same procedure, but utilizes only one connection as the SWEDGE-LOK™ other end of the line is terminated. Aluminum Tube-to-H ose Repair Instructio ns 1. Follow above instructions for the connection to the the SWEDGE-LOK tube end of ™ tube-to-hose union. 2. Cut the hose squarely and make sure there damage to the cut are no cracks or end. 3. Locate hose clamps within the cage in slip over the end of the provided slots and the hose until it reaches the hose end. 4. Force the end of the hose over SWEDGE-LOK™ tube-to-hose the barbed end of the union until it stops the back of the center against inside of hose with barrel. NOTE: Lubricate the barb and into hose. Crimp PAG oil to ease installation of barb the complete the repair. clamps using a crimping tool to Innovative New Product Scan to view instructional SPLICE-LOK™ video. 1125820 REV A Reader Reply Reader Reply 38 ACTION * November/December 2014 support of Daimler's 2012 rejection of the use of R-1234yf in its new automobile production. Germany's position is in direct opposition to the European Union MAC directive of April 2006 which gradually banned the use of HFC-134a. In a separate statement describing the history of Daimler's rejection of R-1234yf and Germany's complicity with that position, the EU Commission stated, "The commission has an obligation to act regarding the nonconformity of the law, so that the climate objectives of the Directive are achieved and the law is uniformly applied throughout the EU. A precedent that gives one private company the right to suspend application of EU law, on whatever grounds, cannot be accepted." http://www.agscompany.com http://www.agscompany.com/ http://www.macsw.org/imis15/MACS/Publications/ACtion_Reader_Reply/MACS/Publications/ACTION/ACtion_Reader_Reply.aspx?hkey=ac24bddb-c045-442a-813c-cbf05f88ac4d http://www.macsw.org/imis15/MACS http://www.macsw.org/imis15/MACS

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ACtion Magazine - November/December 2014

MACS 2015
2015 Buyer's Guide
Outlook
Leonard's Law
Virtual View
Service Port
Last Watch
Member Profile
By the Numbers
Cooling Corner
Industry News
Association News
Letter to the editor

ACtion Magazine - November/December 2014