AC Compressor replaced @ 115k Miles

[KMET]

Had an independent European shop do the work, around $2500. They've done work on my other vehicles too.

 

[Quijote]

That sounds steep!

 

[KMET]

That sounds steep!

Welcome to Los Angeles...

On the plus side they're within walking distance from my home & I trust them. My first encounter with them I asked questions already knowing the answers. I've sorta lost my own since of accomplishment fixing my own ****. I just wanna jump in push a button n go.

 

[Jimmy Brooks]

Had mine done at 109k. Like KMET said, welcome to LA. Another character that California Has developed on my car is the bonnet lettering pealing and fading from the gray into a yellowish color. Get ready to see that if you don’t keep your car in the garage all the time.

 

[DaytonaRS7]

edit: misread. thought this was for air comprssor.

 

[ktm525]

buy the tools and dodge the fools...

 

[avslash]

buy the tools and dodge the fools...

At the risk of jinxing myself, I haven't worked on an AC system in years.

Can you even recharge it yourself nowadays?

Last time I touched an AC was in 2008 or 2009 when I had to dig into the system on my 993. It still runs as cold as those air cooled cars are likely to get, so I must have done a halfway decent job.

 

[KMET]

AC systems are one thing I wont touch.

Had mine done at 109k. Like KMET said, welcome to LA. Another character that California Has developed on my car is the bonnet lettering pealing and fading from the gray into a yellowish color. Get ready to see that if you don’t keep your car in the garage all the time.

At least our dashes aren't cracking as they did on LR3's

 

[Quijote]

It still runs as cold as those air cooled cars are likely to get, so I must have done a halfway decent job.

LOL. I can't imagine air-cooled 911's blowing ice-cold air. But working on 911's is tricky. I've only had a 997.1TT and didn't do anything too complex while I had it (belt, fuel filter, oil changes, etc.) and that wasn't awful, but still a relative PITA compare to "normal" cars.

 

[avslash]

LOL. I can't imagine air-cooled 911's blowing ice-cold air. But working on 911's is tricky. I've only had a 997.1TT and didn't do anything too complex while I had it (belt, fuel filter, oil changes, etc.) and that wasn't awful, but still a relative PITA compare to "normal" cars.

I've had more than 1 guy ask me isn't that Rover hard to work on? In relative terms... Yeah, no.

The 997TT HVAC does function like a real car though. The progression of the 911 from the air cooled cars to the water cooled cars is massive. And a bit sad at the same time.