I will also be hiiting you up for these parts, Ron.  My hoses are leaking
somewhere and I have R134A retro kit on, but sems I have to add a can or two
every summer and sick of messing with the ozone layer.  Any prices you can
give on the hoses and fittings so it is an easy job for the a/c guy and save
me some greenbacks?  Tahnks again, Michael.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:25 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>wrote:

> > Took my Vanagon back to see where the dye leaking out.
> > Mechanic says 'compressor front seal'. He recommends
> > replacing compressor and dryer. Quoted $500 for compressor
> > plus labor, $85 for dryer plus labor plus replacing lost
> > freon. Around $850 total he said. Also said expansion valve
> > could be leaking but he cannot tell without removing roof
> > molding (quoted $350 labor). This is all on top of the $1200
> > I paid to get the van thru emissions and fix a few other things.
> > To compare prices, I looked on Bus Depot website for an a/c
> > compressor and could not find one.
>
>
> Here's the compressor (assuming the most commonly found version):
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=SD709
>
> $332 with your Vanagon List discount, and it's brand new, not rebuilt. (To
> find it, just choose "86-91 Vanagon" and then keyword search "compressor"
> in
> the SmartSearch box.)
>
> And the receiver/dryer is $30, versus your mechanic's $85:
>
> http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=253260633E
>
> Between the two you'll save hundreds of dollars supplying your own parts.
> It
> might be worth talking to him again, or shopping around for a different
> mechanic, or at least seeing if he's willing to buy the parts from us and
> then mark them up a bit.
>
> - Ron Salmon
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