Re: AC and the York compressor

[Miles Lott <milos@insync.net>]

Hold on!  I found the York at Hi-Lo for $107.  This was a rebuilt.
Check around first...

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>Miles,
>
>        My compressor died about a week ago.  I decided to put it off as it's 
>probably going to start cooling down in about two weeks.  It's now around 85F, 
>which I can bare for another 15 days :)
>
>        Anyways, the compressor, drier and expansion valve costs a total of 
>$690.  Estimated labor was $250 plus vac+gas around $140.  After taxes and 
>conversion to US, that works out to about $900.  err.. this is NOT an a VW 
>dealer either..
>
>        I don't know if this is a good idea or not but I bought a second hand 
>compressor for $45.  I'm going to try replacing it myself with the help of a 
>friend who changed a compressor on a CRX.  I think the only thing I'll have to 
>get professionally done is the vac+gas.
>
>        Anyone know how you'd check a second hand compressor?
>
>
>Kevin.
>'86 Scirocco
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>I recently took my 82 Scirocco to a shop to have the AC checked 
>and filled.  This car has the York compressor, which I replaced
>about 5 years ago along with the drier and condensor.  At the time, 
>these parts totalled about $250 from the since defunct Apec.
>
>Now these guys have given me an estimate of, get this, $856 to 
>replace the compressor, drier, and expansion valve!  The compressor 
>alone, they claimed, was $400.  Needless to say I told them to
>get bent and yanked the car out of the shop.  You'd think they 
>were doing a conversion to R-134 at these prices!
>
>Any recommendation for AC service in the Houston area would
>be welcome.  I need to locate the rare shop that doesn't assume
>all of their customers are complete idiots.  I'll let you know what 
>happens...
>
>Miles Lott (http://www.insync.net/~milos) 
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