> Looks like I may need an A/C compressor for my 90 Carat. Bus Depot lists
> 2 compressors and I can find NO model number anywhere on the compressor.
>
> Apparently a Sanden 510 and a 709 could have been used on a 90 Vanagon.
> Apparently this is a replacement compressor, not original, no ID tag.
> Anyone know by the highest %'s which compressor I should have on the 90
> Carat or any help where a stamped model number should be? Bus Depot did
> not know.

Supposedly you should have an SD709, which was most commonly used from '87
on.  However, I have come accross some late 80's Vanagons with SD510's, even
though the fiche does not show this.  The compressor will have a number
plate on it.  Otherwise, you can identify an SD709 by the fact that it has
the hoses going into a plate on the back with a bolt between them, whereas
on a 510 the two lines attach at two completely distinct points on the back
of the unit.  I sell both units for the same price ($299).

- Ron Salmon
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