[Shotimes] AC questions, part 2

[Chris "Zap"]

    To add my 2 cents here, since I've done some A/C work before....  If you
are replacing the compressor, and don't want to be dumping your money down
the toilet later, make sure you use a QUALITY replacement.  www.ACKits.com
and www.ACSource.com sell quality parts.  The ones you get at most parts
stores that are rebuilt under the "Four Seasons" and various other names are
crap.  I was told this by veteran A/C mechanics, who said that if you get a
year out of a "Four Seizens" you are lucky.  They replace maybe one or two
parts, repaint the things, and slap em back together.  When the Ford
FX-15/FS-10 compressors fail, they cause Black Death, read this for more
details: http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=black%20death.  Since
they are especially failure prone, getting a new Ford or other quality
replacement is in your best interest.

-Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Dahm" <timd@chartermi.net>
To: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] AC questions, part 2


> .>
> Yes, convert to R134A if replacing those items. The Taurus converts well
> with those new items.  You will also need a new expansion device (liquid
> line)
>
http://store.ackits.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AMA&Pr
oduct_Code=61802MD
> it is cheap and is probably one of the lines that has been cut.
> In addition you will need to flush all remaining components with laquer
> thinner (evaporator, any remaining lines)
> replace all orings with the green style, and obtain the correct
refrigerant
> oil for R134a. The  system should be good
> for many years with this procedure.
>
> Tim
>
> > If I have to replace the condenser, accumulator, and compressor, should
I
> > just go ahead and make it an R134 system?   The car is a 93 but if I buy
> > parts slated for a 95, the 95 parts would be designed for R134, yes?
> >
> > VO
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tim Dahm" <timd@chartermi.net>
> > To: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
> > Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] AC questions
> >
> >
> > It is most likely R12.  Are you sure it is the evap that is missing?
> >
>
http://store.ackits.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AMA&Pr
> > oduct_Code=50131MD
> > this is the same job as replacing the heater core :-(. Perhaps you mean
> > the condensor is missing?
> > Condensor here:
> >
> >
>
http://store.ackits.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AMA&Pr
> > oduct_Code=100073MD
> > Evap next to heater core, condensor in front of radiator.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > van Oss wrote:
> >
> > >I'm asking for your help with an errand of mercy.  Please bear with me
> for
> > a
> > >moment.
> > >
> > >I recently picked up a 93 LX wagon for parts.  (It came with some SHO
> > parts,
> > >including a Cincy hood.  Worth the price right there.)
> > >
> > >At my wife's behest, we are now fixing it up for my wife's sister and
her
> > >husband.  They both work for low pay, and their twin boys are autistic.
> So
> > >when it comes to cars they need help.  My wife and I have agreed that
we
> > >will give them this wagon free and clear.  We want to turn it over to
> them
> > >in reliable condition in the hope that it will last them 2 or 3 years.
> Car
> > >has 80K.  Assorted issues, most I know how to contend with.
> > >
> > >My sister-in-law is asthmatic and suffers allergies, so AC is important
> for
> > >her.  I just discovered the car does not contain an AC evaporator.  The
> > >compressor and other bits are still in place.  Lord knows that the
> > condition
> > >of the system overall is.
> > >
> > >I cannot afford 3 or 4 figures to have somebody else put in a new AC
> > system.
> > >What are my options?  I see compressors on eBay all the time.  Where
> could
> > I
> > >get an evaporator?
> > >
> > >Just wondering, would a 93 be an R-12 or a R-134 system?  I suppose
we'd
> be
> > >wise to go 134 if we're putting in a bunch of new parts?
> > >
> > >Any AC experts on the list near Minneapolis or St. Paul?
> > >
> > >Please don't waste time telling me to scrap the whole car.  I know
about
> > >that, but for various reasons, that's not an option.  Worst case,
they'll
> > >take the car without AC and it will be used mostly by my
brother-in-law.
> > >
> > >Joseph van Oss
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