Folks,
We're down on Tybee Island (Savannah) for the next couple of months.
Granted, that's no sacrifice, BUT occasionally we do leave the island
and with the air conditioning out in the 1982 300TD, it's no fun in the
coastal heat.
OK. Good working system until today. On my way down here a week ago, it
was occasionally screeching ... i assumed belt was slipping, etc.
Today, when i fired the car up on vegetable oil (somehow i doubt if
that relates to the ac problem), it screeched, loudly, i stopped to
look and smelled the stench of burnt clutch lining. We did our trip
with the windows down (at least they work) and when i got home and
things cooled down a bit, i tried to turn the compressor. It seems to
be pretty locked down. I can only turn it about 10 degrees back and
forth.
Our other car is a peugeot 505 sw8 (with working ac). I checked that
one and i can easily turn the compressor by hand.
So, can ac clutch failure jam things up? Or, did failure of the
compressor cause clutch failure in that order.
I assume i have to evacuate and save the R-12 (yes i'm running that),
replace compressor, then evacuate and recharge the system??
The compressor is a round (delco? r-4??)looking object like one would
find on an old american car.
I saw it replaced by the previous owner maybe 5 years ago. I don't know
if he used rebuilt or new. I'll bet the car hasn't been driven 20,000
miles in that time. What's the expected life of such a rebuilt
compressor? Sources?? Expected cost, numbers of correct models, etc?
Feel free to reply to me directly as well as to list.
I'm going to the beach, now, but my wife wants me to fix this!!
thanks,
xx rick
Rick Hawkins
about 10,000 miles WVO 82 300TD
www.javaphoto.com
www.javacycles.com
