thanks for your response.. vacuum pump was run overnight and it held for an hour before I attempted to charge. Initially system took some charge, but the compressor was not running because I assume the pressures were to low to complete the circuit on the pressure gauge located on the highside of the...

The 94 Civic was completely empty of Freon so I ran a vacuum overnight the following morning I put a can of 134a Freon in it started filling it up and seem to get about 3/4 away from emptying the can and that point didn’t seem to be taking anymore so I jumped the pressure switch to ingage compressor...