Automotive Air Conditioning Information Forum

As a first step, I suggest recovering the charge to determine how much refrigerant is in there.

Right, JohnHere, recovering it will only tell you what came out, not what was in there originally, if some has already leaked... Also worth catching and measuring the oil that comes out with it, as ...

It seems to me that the only practical way to "repair" them is to replace both line assemblies.

Right, JohnHere, quick question... when you say the rims look too rough to fix, how bad does a port have to be before you'd bin the whole line assembly? Reckon a bit of careful dressing with fine wet ...

Right, Tim, I'm not totally sure about ripping out the original resistor and switch just yet... I reckon Andy wants to keep it all proper and original, and he's still working out how the bloody thing is wired lol. Might be worth him finishing the continuity checks first, then swapping in your 3 ...

So now, do we suspect the bearing in the compressor?

Right, Noquacks, a belt that's lasted since 2009 and still looks new is either proper good rubber or you've got a very smug garage lol. Spinning the compressor pulley by hand is fair enough, but with the belt off, and with the clutch not ...