Brer Mark Hofmann wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Transmission rebuild.:



 RW>> My next door neighbor just parked his 08 Chevy duramax and bought a
 RW>> daily driver, an 02 2500HD. It's AC wasn't working, so his dad or
 RW>> FIL came over and helped him replace and clean the system. The
 RW>> compressor had exploded internally and filled the system with junk.
 RW>> Not a hard job, just hard to get to. They removed inner fenders and
 RW>> wheels to get to the compressor.

 MH> Sometimes it is difficult to get all the junk out of the A/C system
 MH> if the failure was compressor related.  Sometimes they fail and don't
 MH> throw junk in the system.

That's why my neighbor's dad replaced all of the 'bolt-on' equipment and
blew out the remainder.

 MH> Most of the cases I have seen with A/C systems are leak related.
 MH> Many sleezy side of the road used car salesmen would just re-charge
 MH> the system so it appears to work.  Then 6-8 months later, it is not
 MH> working again.

And they contaminate the AC system with leak stoppage freon.  That means
you have to clean it out before adding new parts to it.

 RW>> and blew the utiliy company's 100 amp fuse. The welders found a
 RW>> replacement fuse and blew it again when they tripped the breaker.
 RW>> This happened while we were in AZ on a well needed vacation. When I
 RW>> got back to the shop, 4 days later, I removed the wiring from the
 RW>> breaker box and found that the line was melted together and probably
 RW>> touching the conduit. I pulled some new wires through the conduit
 RW>> and all was well again, but I wouldn't allow the welders to use that
 RW>> welder on any heavy jobs again.

 MH> That is a ton of amps on that fuse!  Not something I would want to
 MH> stand next to if it shorted out.  :)

Fortunately, that fuse is contained in a high voltage locker. Not to
mention that it costs $27. All in all, they spent $52 on just fuses. 8^)
If I had charged them to replace the burnt wire, they would have spent
$1052...

         R\%/itt



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