Automotive Air Conditioning Information Forum

A couple of questions concerning what I have found so far:

When I drained the old compressor…..not a drop of oil came out. The clutch disk spun freely and I could here and feel that it was still pumping. Is that unusual to have no oil in the compressor?

I was curious how much oil was in the ...

Well, I managed to get the compressor out of the truck. The induction heater did not work for me. With the limited space I had to work with, I ended up using an oscillating saw to cut the bolts. I can’t believe the amount of rust I have had to contend with on this project. The long needle nose vice ...

Alternatively, can you get a die grinder in there to grind-off the bolt heads and then use a set of locking pliers to remove the studs after the compressor is out?
That will be my last step,but to get the compressor off of the truck, I have to have no more than an inch of that bolt left. So I will ...

This compressor is killing me.I got one lower bolt out with no problem. The second lower bolt I managed to round the head of that bolt and it is still waiting to be removed. The top bolt is not budging. I have been working on it for two days now and it will not give. Tomorrow I will try an induction ...

I have everything taken out but the compressor. The evaporator has been holding vacuum for two days now and the gauge has not moved.
Is there a way to pressure test only the evaporator while in the truck?

Thanks
Kenny

A little update:

I’m not meaning to write a novel here but……
Between the rain and the heat, I was able to get a little more done in this quest. For quite some time, my blower motor only ran on high, so I decided to get that fixed before anything else. The resistor was toast….so rusty and crusty ...

I took a little time to look at the truck today. Just for my own curiosity:
I removed the two caps from both ports and depressed one of the schrader valves and got absolutely nothing.
I pulled a vacuum for 45 minutes. It went to just below 30 in a matter of one minute. What does that tell you ...

He was going to use this in his 2004 but he sold that truck so he still got the stuff. It’s all brand new.

My brother-in-law will sell me a complete kit for $350. That sounds pretty good to me.

I was going to work on it a little today, but the air quality here is not very good and I’m doing the work outside.
Just out of curiosity, I think I’m going to put my gauge on it just to see where it’s at right now