No worries. I work at a dealership and? have all the latest equipment to evacuate and correctly recover the freon. I just want to only have to do this once and probably will therefore just replace the compressor. FWIW R134a is being phased out. The replacement equipment for R-1234yf was just dropped shipped to us (I work at a Cadillac dealership-its for the new XTS). I don't have any info on mandatory phase out dates for R134a yet or info on compatibility but I'm sure there's info on the web somewhere. Thanks

David Clarkson
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
To: 'David Clarkson' <dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>; vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 2:32 am
Subject: RE: A/C compressor repair

 
 
 
You don't want to intentionally release the refrigerant. Have it recovered. 
Maybe you can rotate the compressor 90 degrees if you can refit the hoses. 
If you broke it once you know any type of weld repair will be even weaker.  
Dennis 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of 
David Clarkson 
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 7:05 AM 
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Subject: A/C compressor repair 
 
 I have a broken ear on my was working perfectly 1990 ac compressor. I don't 
have the piece that broke off (too much torque on adjusting-arrgh!). I was 
wondering if discharging the system and removing the compressor to have 
another ear aluminum welded on was a viable alternative to another 
compressor. Anyone have any experience with aluminum welding? Would this be 
a weak spot that would likely break when adjusting? Thanks list. 
 
David Clarkson  
1990 Westfalia