Hey,
I have an Integra GS, 1991. The compressor went last week on it, belt snapped off etc.
Im looking to replace it and want to know what you think would be the best (and most affordable) for me to do.
I can get a new one from an auto store for about $300 or so with a warrentee, and I found some on eBay for even cheaper, heres my major concern:
(1) I cannot do any of these myself and would have to find a good, honest mechanic to do this for me and..
*(2) What do I do about the refridgerant?
How and/or where can I get the refridgerant for a 1991? I know I can go to lube shops and they offer charging etc. Ive also looked into having the AC switched to the more modern ones but they are more than double the costs!
Id sure appreciate any good advice and thanks!

 

for the freon... get a conversion. it is 6.99 i believe at autozone. it if from r12 to 134a. all you do is unscrew the low and high side fittings and put the new ones in it. that would be easiest and cheapest i believe. you also would have the newer system.

 

Do the conversion. I also have a 91 teg and a guy at auto zone told me to do the conversion from a r-12 to a r-134. He told me something about replacing the collecter and some other a/c components and the rough cost was about 200 bucks just for the parts but I would have to take it to a shop and have it professionally installed.

 

You mean conversion from the freon to the 134? I have te freon now, and I was told from the last shop I went to it would cost around $1500 for the conversion.
I will be checking around, that was over two years ago and maybe there was a misunderstanding, unless this sounds about right?
Either way Ill be waiting til december for hopes of a better price eheh.
I would need everything from the compressor and clutch to the belt. Is it easier to converse with having to replace everything?

 

I had the same problem two months ago when the compressor in my '91 took a dump.

If you do the work yourself, you should flush the system...problem is a bad compressor sends shrapnel everywhere. If you don't flush it then you risk destroying the new compressor.

I had the 134 conversion...134 sux on the '91...thermal properties of 134 are different from 12. The AC seems to function at half-capacity...takes forever to get cool.

 

Lots of good folks and good advice at the ackits forum:

http://www.autoacforum.com/

 

Is it the compressor that is siezed or the clutch? Because, if its just the clutch you can replace it without replacing the whole compressor.