The old refrigerant will need to be vacuumed out and disposed of correctly, that is why a qualified tech should be doing it.
After that you replace all the O rings with the new ones and recharge the system.
Should use R134A ..
No, the 1994 Mercury Sable does not use R12 for recharging the A/C unit. The 1994 Mercury Sable uses R134a Freon.
There were some R134a units in 1992, but they were not the norm. Most likely, you have an R12 unit, which requires retrofitting in order to be compatible with R134a.
3.4 pounds of r134a for a day cab r12 is different
1993-94,depending on the automaker.
Was built for R12, can be converted to R134a
You should be able to find a sticker on the underside of the hood that will tell you. It should be R134a.
You can fill the AC on the low pressure side of the AC unit. Make sure and only use R12 unless your system has been converted to R134A.
A pain in the butt if you do it their way. I have two vehicles AC air systems running on RS12A. Today it took 30 minutes to convert my Oldsmobile from R12 to RS12A. Being as how all the r12 was gone this was an easy project. type in "Evirosafe" on your search engine nad look for freon or RS12A
== == Was built with r12, can be converted to r134a.
No you don't have to change the A/C Compressor.
There should be a fitting with a screw top on it somewhere in the AC hose in the engine compartment. Use R134A, not R12