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• Re: In search of '86 Vanagon Air Cond. compressor.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:54:02 +0000
  > I need to replace the AC compressor on my '86. It is made by Sanden and is > a SD510. Problem is the local VW...
• Re: Disable Compressor in Westy A/C ??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 14 May 2001 23:37:50 -0700
  ...Disable Compressor in Westy A/C ?? Sometimes I don't want to run the A/C in the Westy, but the air from the...
• AC issues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:20:44 -0500
  ...Consequently, the thing vibrated until it wore through the cast bosses on the compressor case. Now it is not operational in that condition. I...
• a/c compressor
  Historical mailing list - .
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 15:15:15
  Looking for a SD 510 a/c compressor with front connections for 86 syncro. tia Sherwin Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York 86 Westfalia...
• a/c compressors needed
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 11:44:57 -0500
  Hi Volks, I'm looking for two a/c compressors. One for an '84 (1.9L) and one for an '86 (2.1L). Anybody...
• Re: Vanagon A/C compressor
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 2 May 2007 17:27:16 -0400
  Did I say that BD compressors are new,and not rebuilt? Well, they are. They are the least expensive anywhere, too.Many times cheaper...
• Re: A/C Trouble shooting - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Sep 2016 13:15:34 +0000
  ...Just unplug the connector that sits on top of the compressor and with the switch on, check that you are getting power to the...
• AC question 1.9 compressor on a 2.1 motor?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:35:16 -0400
  My motor was changed from a 1.9L to a 2.1L in my 84 Westy, and I have retained my original AC Compressor...
• Re: AC Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:39:49 -0500
  ...The AC compressor clutch is bad. I took > the compressor to a large local AC parts and service shop to have the > clutch replaced...
• Re: More on Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:25:04 -0400
  > Took my Vanagon back to see where the dye leaking out. > Mechanic says 'compressor front seal'. He recommends > replacing compressor and dryer. Quoted $500...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:29:57 -0500
  ...Low pressure gas goes to compressor > and the hold thing starts all over again. > > Eric > > Larry Alofs wrote: > >> Eric Zeno wrote: >> >>> Output of the...
• 87 - rebuild AC Compressor
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 13:52:39 -0500
  Last year my compressor exploded (fluid went everywhere) in my 87 Syncro. Does anyone rebuild these. Is it rebuildable. Is it cheaper to buy...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:10:44 -1000
  yes, the compressor is running, clutch is perfect. New expansion valve (tried two actually, bought locally), new receiver/drier and new compressor from the...
• Re: AC saga
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:12:07 -0600
  Have you checked with (autoparts stores) places like AutoZone or Advance Auto for rebuilt compressors? I picked up one for my daughter's 86...
• Newly operational AC just died...
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:32:17 -0700
  I don't think its working anymore, just got a compressor installed (from a junkyard, for a legacy - had to replace the japanese compressor...
• Re: HARLEY AIR COMPRESSOR?/THEY SUCK NOT BLOW
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 18:57:29 EST
  ...Did you know the Harley engine was a converted air compressor? >> Jeff, You got this all wrong. The Harley engine was originally a bullshit...
• Re: AC Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 18:41:06 -0500
  ...AC Compressor > Bulley wrote: > > > > Ron- > > > > Prima Fascia, it sounds like a great idea. If your York is toast, the > > Sanden is a good compressor...
• Re: AC in Air-Cld vs Water-Cld, Opinions Please!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:15:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...All the a/c compressors on the aircooled buses and vans were usually made my York compressors of York, Pa. The York compressors were...
• spring compressor
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:19:22 -0600
  ...however, you will need a spring compressor to compress the springs for shock removal and especially to reinstal the new shocks. i did the...
• Re: A/C Shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:11:03 -0400
  ...for the original A/C compressor is available? > > My compressor is working fine it just is throwing compressor oil onto drive pulley so I...
• Re: Air conditioning electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:00:04 -0500
  ...The AC fans are running, but the compressor is not kicking > on. Anyone think that the cool temps may be keeping the compressor from...
• Re: Replacing shocks: spring compressor?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:26:02 -0700
  no spring compressor needed on a 2WD vanagon. you'll need a some small jack to control how far down the rear trailing arm...
• A/C Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:49:30 -0400
  Vanagon GL 86, 2.1 We need a new compressor... when one thing goes wrong, others come along, but it's worth it!!! Here...
• Re: Disable Compressor in Westy A/C ??
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 15 May 2001 18:47:11 -0500
  ...Since the A/C compressor clutch will be disconnected, no refrigerant will flow through the system, and only your fans will operate. You may...
• Re: A/C Compressor Info
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Landin
  Mon, 05 May 1997 21:50:36 -0500
  Peter Eaton wrote: > > This may be of some use to someone looking to find a replacement (used) A/C > compressor... > thanks pete I was...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 May 2004 (#2004-405)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 3 May 2004 12:03:45 -0400
  ...However, his post is correct that a compressor will only work on a gas. Trying to feed a liquid into a compressor will only...
• portable compressor frig
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jun 2024 04:14:34 +0000
  ...So i don't want to spend the bucks to get a compressor frig. So, does anyone have, or know of, a compressor type...
• AC compressor source?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Sep 1996 12:27:56 -0700
  ...It lost all of its freon (sorry Gaea) so I had no difficulty in removing the compressor. The compressor appears quite damaged -- it got...
• A/c question
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:03:19 -0400
  Volks, Has anyone out there purchased the adaptor from the bus depot that allows you to swap from a York piston type compressor to...
• A/C compressor core
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:03:43 -0400
  I have an A/C compressor core (Sanden 508) out of a 1985 Vanagon for sale. The price is free providing the buyer pays...
• Re: A/C Warm
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:53:20 EDT
  ...I've checked the belt and I've made sure the radiator fan is going on when the compressor is running. The compressor is...
• Re: Vanagon AC - Experience with RedTek
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 13:40:07 -0400
  I was just going to post about my recent experience putting in a new compressor, expansion valve and drier on a 90 Syncro that...
• Re: [Syncro] Another 6 million dollar question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:36:32 +0000
  ...Get out your 12v air compressor and pump it back up. (What??? You don't carry a tyre plug kit and compressor? Then why...
• 82 Westy A/C
  Historical mailing list - David Feldstein
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:03:42 EST
  ...Does anyone know where one can purchase a used compressor for the unit? Mine works now that I have had it filled with freon...
• Another '85 A/C Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:13:52 -0400
  ...knob do? Does it control the cooling by cycling the compressor? Is it tied to a bi-metallic on-off switch somewhere? I would...
• rebuilding a/c compressor??
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 18 May 2008 00:53:13 -0400
  I never put my ac compressor back on the van after taking it off for my head job, since its broken. Having A/C...
• Re: Front AC System Failures - European Cooler Air
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:58:33 -0500
  Is it the compressor sieving or the clutch? If it is the clutch or pulley bearing failing than the problem is not related to...
• Re: What's AC worth...and Fuel pressure regulator question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 2000 10:55:29 EDT
  ...complete unit, with bad compressor, i'd say $200. US. a good compressor, add what the compressor is worth. chris
• Re: Berh Compressor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:20:51 -0400
  ...Would any compressor that fits a stock vanagon ac work? should be fine.
• a/c compressor for 86
  Historical mailing list - .
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 17:21:52
  The #s on the compressor are 253 260 797. Anyone know the equivalent SD (three numbers)? tia Sherwin Sherwin Kaufman Spring Valley, New York...
• syncro spring removal without using spring compressor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:18:34 -0700
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/vanagon-syncro-front-spring-removal-without-spring-compressor/ alistair
• 90 Carat: A/C Dying Diagnosis Confirm Please
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 23 May 2000 20:14:24 -0500
  Volks, Thanks to Joel and others with my Sanden compressor question. My problem is A/C is not blowing COLD. Took it to my...
• AC saga
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:49:18 -0600
  Last May, I spent over $2k having Jerry West install a dual AC setup in my '85 Subie-Westy, using the Subie compressor that...
• Re: ac compressor
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:05:39 -0400
  ...ac compressor Anybody know where I can get an AC Compressor for a 1993 Eruro Van...nos perfered, please. Thanks ~~Jennifer
• Re: Refrigerate Oil
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:39:26 -0500
  ...of oil just for compressor > only. It's a lot! But when I dumped the old oil from my compressor 3 years ago, > it...
• Re: HARLEY AIR COMPRESSOR?/THEY SUCK NOT BLOW
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:05:20 -0800
  ...HARLEY AIR COMPRESSOR?/THEY SUCK NOT BLOW > > > > In a message dated 12/23/02 3:01:18 PM, jeff@TSSGI.COM writes: > > > > << I do...
• AC compressor
  Historical mailing list - Budding Rose
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:00:35 -0400
  Everything works well except when I turn it to high blower, the compressor stops.. If anyone has a clue please post asap . Thanx all...
• a/c compressor relay
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:40:53 -0400
  ...the compressor doesn't click on/off. any thoughts? dan 87 2.1 westie
• Re: Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:24:19 -0400
  All the single screw spring compressors will be expensive or make sure your health insurance plan is a good one. You really don’t...
• Question Re: AC compressor install in Tiico or inline-4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:03:58 EDT
  ...Trouble is I ran into a snag with the AC compressor. I need AC in all my rides as we all well know the...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:14:52 -0400
  ...the compressor is running? With pressures that high on the low side, and that low on the high, makes me wonder if the compressor...
• Re: Bus Depot A/C Compressor Sanden 508
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:48:42 -0500
  The only problem there might be is the compressor will wear out sooner with 134a. It stand to reason. The head pressure for the...
• Re: Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 16:45:58 -0700
  ...A compressor sounds quite useful. For now I'll live with what I have but will look into a compressor. Neil. On Sun, Sep...
• A/C compressor core available
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 17 May 1999 17:30:21 -0400
  In the process of taking out the A/C compressor bracket (which, incidentally, necessitated taking off the port side intake manifold), I got the...
• Re: Air Conditioning, Subaru conversions, and using the stock vanagon compressor
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:57:49 -0400
  ...Guess I'll pony up the moneys to get a Subaru compressor, and then get one of the adapter systems. Sudhir On 5/11...
• What size is 2.1 AC compressor belt?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:56:12 -0500
  ...three belts I have the alternator at 10 x 1110 The PS at 10 x 1075 What size is the AC compressor belt? Jim
• Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:04:20 -0500
  From the J**p forums I sometimes visit, I get the impression that those folks commonly convert their AC compressors for "on board air...
• Re: A/C compressor
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 21:30:14 -0400
  Is this the same compressor as the SD-508? The 508 is used on many cars, everything from golf/jetta/scirocco to jap and...
• Borrow ring compressor in SW Ohio area?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:37:40 -0500
  Does anyone near Brookville/Dayton Ohio zip 45309 have a ring compressor available to rent/borrow for a while? The manuals show a special...
• Re: '84 compressor into an '86?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 15:46:02 -0500
  Thanks Joel, If I have all the brackets and such from the '86, could I fit the '84 compressor onto these to have the...