autozen,

Your friend telling you to stay away from rebuilt compressor is offering generally very good advice, generally. There are exceptions, however, and the York is an exception. Yes they can break rods and all sorts of things. Nothing can last forever. They do, however, if applied properly hold up well.

Also, due to the way they're built, when they fail they typically don't contaminate the system as do most others.

As far as giving up personal freedom goes, in case you haven't noticed we are currently involved in a war on terror. The "freedoms" that have been "given up" will not effect the law abiding American. We MUST allow the government to have the leeway they need to try to fight the war on terror.

If you want to talk about giving up freedom, do a little reading about Hitler and the Third Reich. Now, THAT was giving up freedom.

I'm with Greg, getting rid of a terrible dictator that had women raped in front of their husbands and all the other terrible atrocities that he put on all those people, is NOT a bad thing.

Have you noticed that since the war on terror started we have not again been attacked in this country? Is that a bad thing?

Have a great day,

I did a lot of work with the yorks in the old days, and I have to agree tat they did not do damage to the suystm like an R4 does when it grenades. I thought the best compressor over all was the A6, but I can see why car mfgs quit using them. They weighed as much as a Toyoto or Honda engine.

Peter

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autozen,

Yes, the old A6 might have been the best compressor for it's time. You're right, the weight made no difference in the days of $.25 per gallon gas and no CAFE programs to have to deal with. The added weight would be completely intolerable today.

Adding to that, I expect that the R4 was cheaper to build, but I might be way off target on that.

Have a great day,

Anyone know anything ( good or bad ) about a Kiki diesel compressor ?

I'm glad I came across this post. I will stick with my York and R12 in the 115 if the day ever comes that I get that A/C system back in action.

Also, I think I'll have to do it myself since somebody else WILL botch it up!

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joshhol,

I fully expect that it would be a pretty easy project to get that old system working well.

I loved those old systems. Some of the 114/115 cars had the stratoflex lines with thread together connections on the hoses. Others had crimped hoses like everything else. If you have stratoflex hoses, you have a real gem on your hands IMHO.

Good luck,

Larry,

I know you are going to think this is crude, but in the hayday of those old timer 108s, 114s, and 115s, I replaced leaking hoses with bulk A/C hose and used those water hose looking clamps with the tang that lined up with the end of the hose to be sure you were behind the barb. Hey, you're an old farmer. You can appreciate the American way of getting the job done as simply and cheaply as possible.

Peter

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Just reading this after working on one of my Freightliners and wanted to comment that it has a York compressor running 134a and cools quiet well. They have a very large engine fan that does have to kick in a lot to keep the head pressure down. The engine fans on large trucks free wheel when not needed to cool down the engine or a/c.

The Yorks hold up well IMHO. I do like R-12 in my cars rather than 134a.

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" I replaced leaking hoses with bulk A/C hose and used those water hose looking clamps with the tang that lined up with the end of the hose "

Those were perfectly legitimate connectors......
Where special metal lines which usually have the other type ends are needed is for bends tighter than you can trust that bulk A/C hose to keep its inside diameter...... not crimp your style and flow....