Marian
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Is it reasonable for someone to charge 1000.00 to get A/C running again? If not..how much? Not to include parts. Talking about 65 Monaco
A/C rebuild
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That sounds way too high.
It's not hard to do...Get that FSM out. You can assemble it yourself and then have someone vacuum it down and charge it with Freon for you. A couple of hundred maybe to charge it up.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
If your hoses are in good shape I would clean them out with rubbing alcohol put new O-rings (green ones), new drier cleanout old oil from compressor refill with the new stuff vacuum and charge. yes it might lose some each year as long as you don't open the system just top it up with those a.z. cold shots or wherever. My challenger has original hoses on it did it 2 years ago hasn't needed a top up yet we'll see this year, my 2cents .
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
That's a real roll of the dice for hoses approaching the big five-oh...
Marian
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Waiting for the a/c guy to call back. I think he's charging 1000 for labor. First time he called, he did say that I needed a new fan motor and something else. I went blank after he said 1000 bucks. Hoses are being rebuilt.
Keep looking Marion. That dude want's you to invest in hiz grand babys college educations at that long horn place down in Austin. HE IZ NOT YOUR FRIEND. listen to what these guyz have already told you. New lines and NEW "Green" O-rings mean you'll be switching from R-12 freon to R-134 freon which is the way to go in todays world. 70bigblockdodge waz telling you that without mentioning R-134. The old R12 iz probably up to $60 to $80 per pound where as R-134 iz maybe $10 or $12 per pound and you need 'bout 3 poundz of either one. And the R-12 is not illegal to possess today but it is illegal to import and down in Brownsville if they find it in your possession they'll treat you like you had that many poundz of nose candy and you'll be on the inside lookin' out for the next 20-30 yearz. The only other thing I can tell you iz we'z mostly all been where you iz and we all like yeah so listen up Girl! Go on over to Temple or Waco if you can't find an honest one local in Killeen. Need to get educated ah bit about A/C we can help you with that too in short order,Jer
bulldogchesty
Senior Member
I'll be glad to help in any way I can.:headbang:
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
You are right comes down to the bet, you feel lucky? I have the tools to fix it so worst is I have a oily mess under the hood and I ride home sweaty. At a thousand bucks I'm calling the original hoses bluff in they go.
Now I'm depressed cause I am a 66 model.
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greasemonkeyman
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Here's something that may help....I recently replaced all my A/C hoses;brought them to a guy that does alot of hydraulic hose repairs and he made them up for me.It's a good idea if you can remove your old hoses and bring them in to get a match for them to make up.The hoses ran approximately $20-30 per hose depending on size and length.The expansion valve that sits on the firewall behind the intake was a $25 new part (pretty sure I got it from Autozone).The drier up on the radiator support is also somewhere around $25 and available from local parts stores.Now comes the pricier stuff; if you need or decide to use your compressor or replace it with a new one? A new one runs around $220 without the clutch or $320 with the clutch.You can try your old a/c compressor with just replacing the hoses and such,and if your compressor doesn't work,worst thing is you'll lose a few bucks(about $30) worth of freon and have to replace it anyways.The only other twwo components that may cause a problem is your condensor(in front of the radiator,I believe they are available for just over $100) and the evaporator(which sits behind the dash).I don't think they are available new,but I may be wrong.As mentioned above,replace the rubber O-rings with the green ones(about $10 kit).Then buy an adaptor kit if you decide to go over to the newer 134A freon(adaptor kit about $15).If you do all of this you will save yourself alot of money and you can have the system charged or do it yourself.Here's what's involved.......you can buy a cheap vacuum pump from a place like Harbor Freight Tools(cost about $100) if you decide you want to.Once everything has been replaced hook up the vacuum pump to the system(just like filling air in your tires,except sucking the air/moisture out of your a/c system).Then,with the car running and the a/c turned on,add about 2-3 cans of 134A freon(R-12 available professionally).They have a guage that will tell you where your system should be filled to,sot of like a tire pressure gage.Here's a video if your unsure.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglPJuBXVeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglPJuBXVeE
78Brougham
"Chump"
Sounds like he's already started the work... that price seems terribly high. I hate when people gouge. I have a Jaguar talk about highway robbery...thank God I do everything myself.
If it's not too late I would get a couple more estimates or if you're comfortable with working on it yourself there's lots of good advice right here. It's not that hard to do.
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