Originally Posted by SVT Russ

So I should have tried to fix it myself, LOL!

Actually, I did try...but once I determined it was a bad compressor, it became a bigger job than I or most home mechanics can handle. Sure you can always replace a compressor, but removing all the components to clean out the metal shavings...including the evaporator in the dash...is a big PIA. If you don't clean the system, you risk screwing up the new $350 compressor. And sadly a typical home mechanic won't have the machine to properly flush and evacuate the A/C system before a fresh charge of freon goes in. Let's don't forget the necessity to convert the system to R-134a, since 12 isn't hardly available anymore in CA.

It pretty much sux when the compressor goes south.