Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Hey all,

About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
living room?

-Brian
-Brian Ondrey
Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
--Walt Disney
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Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Usually when a compressor freezes up like that the bearings are shot. It
takes a real expert to rebuild it with special tools. The best thing to do
is use it as a boat anchor buy a new one and have it installed by a good
mechanic that knows ac systems. It needs to be installed and placed under a
vacuum down to 500 microns to make sure the entire system is clean and free
of leaks. New oil needs to be added and the proper refrigerant depending on
year of model. If you put it on yourself and start it up you will have two
boat anchors.

--
HarryS
JAFGBR
JAFTJO
"Wolfhounde" <wolfhounde(remove_me)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:dur590dgoq5jqm2bg0rrc89b18b8p5jsg7@4ax.com...
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?
>
> -Brian
> -Brian Ondrey
> Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net
>
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
> --Walt Disney
> A&B=LFCI

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Usually when a compressor freezes up like that the bearings are shot. It
takes a real expert to rebuild it with special tools. The best thing to do
is use it as a boat anchor buy a new one and have it installed by a good
mechanic that knows ac systems. It needs to be installed and placed under a
vacuum down to 500 microns to make sure the entire system is clean and free
of leaks. New oil needs to be added and the proper refrigerant depending on
year of model. If you put it on yourself and start it up you will have two
boat anchors.

--
HarryS
JAFGBR
JAFTJO
"Wolfhounde" <wolfhounde(remove_me)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:dur590dgoq5jqm2bg0rrc89b18b8p5jsg7@4ax.com...
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?
>
> -Brian
> -Brian Ondrey
> Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net
>
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
> --Walt Disney
> A&B=LFCI

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Usually when a compressor freezes up like that the bearings are shot. It
takes a real expert to rebuild it with special tools. The best thing to do
is use it as a boat anchor buy a new one and have it installed by a good
mechanic that knows ac systems. It needs to be installed and placed under a
vacuum down to 500 microns to make sure the entire system is clean and free
of leaks. New oil needs to be added and the proper refrigerant depending on
year of model. If you put it on yourself and start it up you will have two
boat anchors.

--
HarryS
JAFGBR
JAFTJO
"Wolfhounde" <wolfhounde(remove_me)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:dur590dgoq5jqm2bg0rrc89b18b8p5jsg7@4ax.com...
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?
>
> -Brian
> -Brian Ondrey
> Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net
>
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
> --Walt Disney
> A&B=LFCI

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Usually when a compressor freezes up like that the bearings are shot. It
takes a real expert to rebuild it with special tools. The best thing to do
is use it as a boat anchor buy a new one and have it installed by a good
mechanic that knows ac systems. It needs to be installed and placed under a
vacuum down to 500 microns to make sure the entire system is clean and free
of leaks. New oil needs to be added and the proper refrigerant depending on
year of model. If you put it on yourself and start it up you will have two
boat anchors.

--
HarryS
JAFGBR
JAFTJO
"Wolfhounde" <wolfhounde(remove_me)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:dur590dgoq5jqm2bg0rrc89b18b8p5jsg7@4ax.com...
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?
>
> -Brian
> -Brian Ondrey
> Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net
>
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
> --Walt Disney
> A&B=LFCI

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Roughly 4/30/04 17:36, Wolfhounde's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?

It depends. Are you married, and how good a sport is your spouse?

If single, you have a valuable artifact that may come in handy at
some point in the future as spare parts or the beginnings of a new
and exciting project.

And someday, you might get a round tuit and take the thing apart for
nothing more than the sheer zen of doing so even if you discover it
is locked up like Fort Knox internally. At least you'll have some
idea of what is inside a typical compressor.

...then again, if you've been given a spousal dictate....


--
Evolution is merely survival of the minimally adequate

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Roughly 4/30/04 17:36, Wolfhounde's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?

It depends. Are you married, and how good a sport is your spouse?

If single, you have a valuable artifact that may come in handy at
some point in the future as spare parts or the beginnings of a new
and exciting project.

And someday, you might get a round tuit and take the thing apart for
nothing more than the sheer zen of doing so even if you discover it
is locked up like Fort Knox internally. At least you'll have some
idea of what is inside a typical compressor.

...then again, if you've been given a spousal dictate....


--
Evolution is merely survival of the minimally adequate

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Roughly 4/30/04 17:36, Wolfhounde's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?

It depends. Are you married, and how good a sport is your spouse?

If single, you have a valuable artifact that may come in handy at
some point in the future as spare parts or the beginnings of a new
and exciting project.

And someday, you might get a round tuit and take the thing apart for
nothing more than the sheer zen of doing so even if you discover it
is locked up like Fort Knox internally. At least you'll have some
idea of what is inside a typical compressor.

...then again, if you've been given a spousal dictate....


--
Evolution is merely survival of the minimally adequate

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

Roughly 4/30/04 17:36, Wolfhounde's monkeys randomly typed:
> Hey all,
>
> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
> living room?

It depends. Are you married, and how good a sport is your spouse?

If single, you have a valuable artifact that may come in handy at
some point in the future as spare parts or the beginnings of a new
and exciting project.

And someday, you might get a round tuit and take the thing apart for
nothing more than the sheer zen of doing so even if you discover it
is locked up like Fort Knox internally. At least you'll have some
idea of what is inside a typical compressor.

...then again, if you've been given a spousal dictate....


--
Evolution is merely survival of the minimally adequate

Re: Frozen clutch on AC compressor...worth keeping/selling?
 

On Sat, 01 May 2004 01:50:20 GMT, "L0nD0t.$t0we11"
<"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote:

>Roughly 4/30/04 17:36, Wolfhounde's monkeys randomly typed:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> About 2 months ago, wheel that is run off the serpentine for the AC
>> compressor froze up. Well bye bye belt. I couldn't find a garage
>> that wanted to work only on the clutch. Instead they all suggested
>> just replacing the whole compressor (esp since its 120000 miles old).
>> Well, I took the old compressor but have no time or place to work on
>> it to see why the wheel froze. It just bothers me that as far as I
>> know, the compressor should still work. Any thoughts on what to do
>> with it, or anyone near Baltimore want to offer me a few bucks for it?
>> Or do I just have a small hunk of jeep guts taking up space in my
>> living room?
>
> It depends. Are you married, and how good a sport is your spouse?
>
> If single, you have a valuable artifact that may come in handy at
> some point in the future as spare parts or the beginnings of a new
> and exciting project.
>
> And someday, you might get a round tuit and take the thing apart for
> nothing more than the sheer zen of doing so even if you discover it
> is locked up like Fort Knox internally. At least you'll have some
> idea of what is inside a typical compressor.
>
> ...then again, if you've been given a spousal dictate....

okie yes, admittedly the idea of disassembling it has my fingers
itching. I do also have the plus of a fiancee that shares my
curiosity, or at the very least understands my "gotta see how it
works" obsession.

My only downside is no place to really work on it and I'll be moving
soon....decisions decisions.

-Brian Ondrey
Send replies to: wolfhounde@NOSPAMcomcast.net

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
--Walt Disney
A&B=LFCI