I looked and I could not see what kind of compressor.  It looks nice
with just a little sticker on it with Q122510 on it.  No manufacturer
imprint on it that I can see.

I called the repair place and they said it was done by QC (Quality
Compressors) in Orange County.  He said they reman OEM compressors.

Now one other additional pieces of info.  I do not drive the Van that
often. I saw another person say that AC needs to be run once per week.
Could this be part of it?  It is odd it is always the compressor and it
always goes out about the same time every year.  I do run the AC
whenever I drive it.

Thanks Again,

-Tom
Christopher Gronski wrote:

>What kind of compressor do you have?
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>Chris
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>On 6/29/05, Tom Bauer <Tom.Bauer@sun.com> wrote:
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>>Hi All,
>>
>>I had the AC on my 89 Westy converted from R12 to R134  four years ago.
>>Each year since the conversion, I have had to get a new re-manufactured
>>compressor installed due to the compressor leaking.  The place that did
>>the conversion  has done each replacement compressor for free (under
>>warranty) but tells me that the R134 conversion was a mistake.  They
>>tell me that they have 5 other customers with the same issue and that
>>the system was never a very good AC system and that converting makes it
>>even worse.
>>
>>I see from the archives that other people have done the R134 conversion
>>with apparently better luck than I.  Has anyone got any ideas about what
>>could be going on here?  The repair place is very good and uses quality
>>re-manufactured  compressors, but they just keep leaking after about 1
>>years of use.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>-Tom Bauer
>>
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