Once upon a time I spent $1200 trying to get the A/C in my '85 to work
properly.  It teased me for a few weeks and after the 3rd Sanden compressor
shrapneled I gave up and just drank more water... I lived in Alabama then,
too.

There's good shop in Montgomery I should have allowed to rebuild the system
with a different more efficient A/C compressor which they showed me.  It
would have cost more than $1200 but it would have worked right.  Cry once,
they say.

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:15 PM, mad madeline <mac10wv@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Last year a mechanic charged my system, replaced a leaky valve, and it
> worked fine all summer here in Phoenix - though I was warned the squeal in
> the compressor might mean it was on its way out.  With the old compressor it
> cooled the inside of the van in about 15 min. down to a nice 75-78
> degrees... so obviously something is not During the winter the freon leaked
> a bit so I paid $800 for new compressor, dryer, freon charge, and dye
> testing (the leak was the compressor seal not the o rings).  Now, all I get
> out the vent is 68 degrees which isn't enough to cool the big box.  Its
> going back in on Monday.
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