Who else is playing....

[mixtapesyndicate]

Who else is playing the "replace A/C compressor before summer" game? Doing it yourself of having it taken in? If doing it yourself, what brand of compressor and what other parts are you replacing? And how much is it going to cost?

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

Whats wrong with your old a/c compressor?

 

[drowndindreams]

why not just refill?

 

[mixtapesyndicate]

Its the original AC compressor, filled it once last summer and all of the seals are bad. So its time for a new one. The guy i bought my baby from didnt really take very good care of it. the shop wants over 700 to do it and i think thats total ********. that job isnt worth 700.

 

[branndon_b]

as long as 134a is staying cheap, and as long as your a/c will hold a charge, i'd keep recharging it with 134a until it just leaks too bad. you can get one of those 134a cans with the reusable hose and gauge for like 20 bucks and get a can of 134a for just a few bucks. i'd just keep topping it off until it's just either no longer economical for you to do so or until your compressor just says eh-eh, i'm done. unless your compressor has done so already, which may be the case. i've got some leaks too, and my mechanic said that the compressor is leaking also, but his advice is what i typed above. keep topping it off until it's just no good or until you get a good case of the ass and just wanna get it changed out. that's the game i play during the summer. just my 2 cents.

 

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

i wish i had a/c ..... i tore it out when i put the 454 in, hope u have good luck fixing it!

 

[blizz]

i'm playing that game too. i'd love to do it as cheap as possible. i did the "top off" thing for a few years...it finally has had it. it used to be that i could fill it up at the beginning of summer and it would be good. now i can fill it..it'll work...but two days later it's all gone. i had an ac mechanic tell me that means the compressor is good, there's just a leak somewhere else. it makes sense to me but what do i know. sooner or later i'm just going to have to cough up some $ to get it working. i have to in s. texas

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oh and go with a dephi....as far as what parts...i don't know. i know one place here wants $80 to diagnose and upwards of 600 to fix it.

 

[ravingmadman]

Yup. New compressor.... I might do an e-fan swap too, but that's getting involved.

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

cant you just replace the orings?

 

[blizz]

the guy i spoke to said that there's just a leak somewhere and that they can just fix that instead of having to replace the compressor. from what i've read, it's not a job you can do at home because you have to pull a vacuum - whatever that means - and we (the shade tree mechanic) don't have the equipment to do that.