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pawoSD · #45 06-15-2005, 11:41 PM

My A/C suffered a set back when the place I got it from "recharged" it with a little 134a when it had R12 in it (two years ago before I got the car)....needless to say it worked fine for a while then started having problems (not cooling much at all....compressor stalling the engine occassionally.....but I think that could have been rack-damper related...) so I disconnected the cable to the a/c clutch a long time ago. Today out of curiosity I rotated the compressor by hand and it moves freely both clockwise and counter clockwise, no binding or resistance that I could tell at all, it never did actually lock up when I was still using it.......which the one on our 83 just did, I tried to rotate it by hand, it will go backwards smooth and fine, but clockwise it goes almost one turn the goes "clank" and stops frozen solid, like it jams or something. Since mine is not seized and I disabled it, I am wondering if I just.....replaced the hoses and reciever-dryer + the expansion valve etc....and had it completely flushed and recharged....if there'd be a possibility it'd work ok again. If needs anymore than that I don't see it as worth it and I'll just not do it....but if that'd work it'd be awesome.