Date:         Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:35:34 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: A/C repair $ticker $hock - not "urgent," but "pressing"
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> I just got off the phone with the guy from the radiator shop. He
> said I need the following:
> compressor shaft seal
> receiver dryer
> freon
>Is $514.70 too much to pay for having this work done?

>         Someone will probably chime in from the list vendors and
>         tell you that a NEW compressor is less than the repair...


Well, a brand new (not rebuilt) compressor with clutch and a new receiver
dryer is about $370 plus shipping from me, so likely you could replace the
compressor with brand new rather than just repairing it and end up at about
the same price. (On a side note, new later model Vanagon compressors are
getting harder and harder to get; soon rebuilt may end up being the only
option.)

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com