guys, this car was taken to Mr. MB MOtors in Tarzana, mainly to test him out. It was taken there for non-working AC, a leak somewhere in the coolant system, squealing belt, and to replace the springs and front lca's.

Enrique, the owner of the shop, tested the AC system and determined it was either a bad ground in the wire going to the low-pressure switch on the dryer, he determined that there was a hose clamp not tight enough on the washer fluid reservoir causing my leak (a hose that goes to the overflow valve tee's off into the washer fluid jar). He spent about 3 hours on these tasks and didn't charge me for it. I was this close to buying a new compressor for the car, but the first thing he did was to bridge the low pressure switch connectors to see if the compressor spun up.

He noted my rear brake pads were shot during the replacement of the springs, and charged me $70 to replace the set including parts.

No alignment after replacing front LCA's but he put the front alingment bolt back to the same setting it was on prior to removal, and I didn't notice a change in alignment before/after. He charged me $400 for this task.

So, $470, and I determined what is wrong with my AC system (either bad MAS relay or a bad ground). In my opinion it was worth it just for the fact that a remaned compressor would of cost me more than the labor of these tasks.

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