I was recently given a lightly used Solar 8140 Recovery Center machine from an abandoned fleet manitenance shop and want to get it up and running again. Everything seems to work just fine and I "recovered" about a lb1/2 R134a from another tank so that seems to be working. Scale, pressure g...

And thanks for your reply. I appreciate that. Info from people who know what is happening is valuable and frequently hard to find.

Ferrari pulls stuff like this all the time forcing us to buy only from Ferrari "Stealerships" though the component was built by another company as with Delphi. I always look for a way around Ferrari just for spite. An example. Many years ago, I needed a part for a 77 308 Ferrari and it was...

Are the color codes related to specs by the application(Car manufacturer) or to the compressor manufacturer relative to the application? By the way, I checked ACKITS.COM and you have nothing listed for 2002 360 Ferrari. It Looks like the only options are crazy priced ("Ferrari Tax" rip-off...

I just bought a new(Chinese) Delphi/Harrison compressor to replace a non-rebuildable failed compressor and the new compressor has a Blue dot valve(41-43 pressure range) installed and the OEM compressor has a Green dot valve(36.5 to 38.5 pressure range). Is that critical? Obviously, I do not know muc...