I bought my 92 LS almost a year and a half ago. When I bought the car the pulley on the A/C compressor was slightly rusted. Since then the rust has gotten worse.

At that time I was living in PA and have since moved to Jacksonville, FL just over a week ago. Sometimes it gets pretty darn hot here so I need A/C ASAP.

Question 1: What else will I need to replace besides the compressor and the belt?

Question 2: What's the difference between the compressor and the condensor? Will I need to replace the condensor also?

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stasi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I bought my 92 LS almost a year and a half ago. When I bought the car the pulley on the A/C compressor was slightly rusted. Since then the rust has gotten worse.</TD></TR></TABLE>So I guess the belt had been taken off a while ago?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stasi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Question 1: What else will I need to replace besides the compressor and the belt?</TD></TR></TABLE>If you're lucky, you can replace the belt, & clean off the rust with some scotchbrite. But probably the belt was taken off because something was broken. You'll have to find out what... But if the system has had air in it, you'll want to replace the receiver/dryer. That's a little canister about the size of a beer can.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stasi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Question 2: What's the difference between the compressor and the condensor? Will I need to replace the condensor also?</TD></TR></TABLE>The compressor is the belt-driven unit mounted on the engine. The condenser looks like a radiator, & it's mounted right in front of the radiator.

 

Well, I got some answers for those questions. Anyone else?

Also, has anyone replaced some of these parts? Any idea how much labor is involved? (# of hours).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stasi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well, I got some answers for those questions. Anyone else?

Also, has anyone replaced some of these parts? Any idea how much labor is involved? (# of hours).</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well, what else do you need to know? It seems he answered you correctly.
Labor as in $$? or as in book time? or as in real time? or as in "is it a PITA"?

 

"(# of hours)."

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4crx4me &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
as in book time? or as in real time? </TD></TR></TABLE>
Any one component shouldn't take more than an hour or 2 for r&r. With the right tools.HTH