Our son rear-ended a dump truck at a traffic light the other day while he was trying to answer his cell phone. No damge to our son or the driver of the dump truck. But, our beloved "snowflake" an 88 244(owned since new) took a nice hit just off center on the drivers side. Other than bent metal on the front end cross member, ripped up bumper cover, shattered air box, and a puctured condensor everything looks pretty good. It was an easy job (2 hrs) to pull of the front end, electrics, and bumper assembly and a good friend of mine who happens to own a Volvo/Saab salvage yard (I love Volvo folks) allowed me to pull off all the parts I need to fix the car up good as new.

My only questions comes in regarding the air conditining system. Mine was converted to 134A and all the components including compressor, hoses, reciever dryer expansion valve are all new. After I removed all the damaged componenets I used platic bags to seal up the hoses to try and keep moisture out of the system. My plan is to buy a new reciever dryer connect the hoses and charge the system. I did scavange a condensor from the salvage yard which was still under pressure so I feel good about the condensor. But, is there anything else regarding the air conditioning that I should pay attention to?

Thanks for your help