Date:         Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:30:29 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Weird damage to a/c Compressor
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Some news today. The A/C tech at work had my a/c compressor out, and in a
vise to remove the drain bolt. Anyways, it slipped out of the vise and hit
the concrete floor.

Long and short of it is, the "threaded sleeve" that the "a/c hose connector
threads onto" is sort of dented, and some of the threads are squashed along
the point of impact.

He feels really bad, but I'm not mad at him - could have happened to
anybody, and a 15 YO compressor is not worth me getting mad at him about (or
IMHO, getting him upset over). The only thing that has upset me about it is
his getting upset!

Anyhow, now that we've sorted that out...

Does anybody has a blown compressor, so I can take that the "hose connector
end" off to replace my damaged one. Or perhaps just get the proper end - the
a/c tech calls it the cylinder head, I call it the end opposite the clutch!

I think mine is a Sanden 508.

Any ideas?

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"