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More on my 1997 965 A/C on-off-on problem S90-V90

posted by  B.C. on  Wed Jul 22 14:38 CST 2009
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Once again I have looked over the BB for more info.

DEWFPO always has cogent words. He posted earlier this:

dewfpo on Sat Jun 20 12:04 CST 2009

B.C., we had the compressor/clutch replaced on our 95 960 because the bearing in the clutch went bad and was making a hell of a screeching racket A/C on or off it didn't matter. It cost us $650 total for the compressor/clutch assembly including R & R and recharge. It might have been a re-man'd unit.

DEWFPO

My question: Was the $650 for R&R of the compressor and it's clutch, or just the clutch?

My indie shop quoted $1400 for the complete unit, saying that the clutch shim job would require pulling the compressor off the car and that a 200K mile compressor was going to need replacement soon anyway.

Additionally - Tom90 and I removed the compressor off a S90 engine with the engine out of the car. It was much more than we expected, requiring removal of a number of things just to access the mounting bolts. It was hard to see how such a removal could be done with the engine in the car. Any suggestions for "how-to" that I could use when swapping the "new" compressor and clutch into my 1997 965?

Many thanks to you, and to all who answer these a/c questions.

Bob

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    More on my 1997 965 A/C on-off-on problem S90-V90

    posted by  bluedot on  Wed Jul 29 14:50 CST 2009
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    Check the bullet wire connector at the compressor,they will corrode away.
    You can confirm this by checking for voltage at both sides of the connector.Use a test lamp or meter with engine running and ac enabled.The most reliable way to repair this is to cut the connector away and replace with solder and fit tube.

    The 940-960 rarely needs to be re-shimmed.The compressor is difficult to replace but the price for a new clutch or complete compressor is about the same.








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    More on my 1997 965 A/C on-off-on problem S90-V90

    uid 11021's pic
    posted by  dewfpo on  Thu Jul 23 04:51 CST 2009
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    Hi Bob, the $650 was for the entire A/C compressor/clutch assembly, including recharge. But, that was a few years ago.

    DEWFPO
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