AC and the York compressor

[Miles Lott <milos@insync.net>]

I recently took my 82 Scirocco to a shop to have the AC checked
and filled.  This car has the York compressor, which I replaced
about 5 years ago along with the drier and condensor.  At the time,
these parts totalled about $250 from the since defunct Apec.

Now these guys have given me an estimate of, get this, $856 to
replace the compressor, drier, and expansion valve!  The compressor
alone, they claimed, was $400.  Needless to say I told them to
get bent and yanked the car out of the shop.  You'd think they 
were doing a conversion to R-134 at these prices!  

Any recommendation for AC service in the Houston area would
be welcome.  I need to locate the rare shop that doesn't assume
all of their customers are complete idiots.  I'll let you know what
happens...

Miles Lott (http://www.insync.net/~milos)
A.A.S. E.E.T./SBE BCST ENG

KTXH Ch. 20 in Houston, TX - home of the 
Rockets, Astros, Aeros, Terror


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