Excellent info folks.
I kind of narrowed it down to Old Air also as they seemed to have all the individual parts needed.
I am going to need to replace the new drier I think as it spent considerable time with one of the caps off.
Verdoro ... I really like your setup. I can live with an A6 if I can get around not having an idle solenoid (well, at least not at the moment)
Did you get new lines and such at Old Air also?
I'm a bit intimidated by this job, I know zip about AC except the theories and principles, no practical experience. I did look for a local AC shop here in west TN but couldn't find anything that appeared to be an AC specialty shop.
No problem buying a vacuum pump, always wanted one anyway. Gauge sets seem reasonable so no problem there. I'd probably go ahead and purchase a new A6, or new R12 compatible (that will use A6) mounts since I really don't want to trash all the work with an old compressor that might fail at any time.
So about how many cans of R12 would I need ... three? Twenty? I have no idea
I plan to get about double whatever I need.
Can I do this myself you think?