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Re: AC and the York compressor



Yeah, I forget about Herr Schmidt, because I do most of
the work myself.  I may indeed give them a call.  

Thanks...

At 09:52 AM 8/15/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>What part of houston are you in? I would highly recommend taking
>your scirocco to Herr Schmidt, off of Richmond, their by Voss I
>think on the north side. Herr Schmidt is THE vw shop in houston.
>they will fix your scirocco right and at a reasonable cost.
>
>Well, I left their business card at the house so just look them
>up in the yellow pages, or cruze down Richmond, the shop is on the N 
>side, next to the bayou/sewer ditch.
>
>Ryan
>'87 16v Scirocco
>
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>On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Miles Lott wrote:
>
>> 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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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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