[elky] Re: Sprint in the shop
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:23:17 -0500
Good to hear. Also yours should have the old long A6
compressor. You can still find new ones or you can get brackets to put in a
sanden compressor. They pull much less HP perform better and are usually
cheaper than GM compressors. The GM compressors all rely on flat washers for
wear areas while the sanden is full of roller bearings and roller thrust
bearings so way less wear and friction.
Robert Adams
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The A/C is really cold for now. When I drove it home today, I had to shut
> it off so I didn't freeze. R-12 is great stuff. I hope this supercool
> system lasts. The mechanic told me I will need a new compressor. I suspect
> he's right, because the car is noisy when I turn the A/C on. I can't tell
> so much from inside the cab, but if I step outside of the car it is clearly
> not quite right.
>
> My heating/air conditioning still needs some work. It only works if I turn
> the A/C to the "MAX" position. So to get home on a hot day, I have to
> continually cycle the A/C between "MAX" and "OFF" to maintain a decent temp
> inside the cab.
>
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> *From:* Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:51 PM
>
> *Subject:* [elky] Re: Sprint in the shop
>
> He's right. You need the A/C to take the moisture out of the air in order
> to defog the windshield. Otherwise, you're just throwing moist air at it.
>
> When the air goes through the evaporator coil, it loses heat, and cannot
> hold as much moisture, so the water condenses into water. This is the water
> you see dripping from under a car, usually behind the right-front wheel.
> Now you have dry air that can absorb the moisture that has condensed on the
> windshield glass.
>
> Very warm air on the windshield will help, and this is what the defogger
> does in non-A/C cars, but working A/C really makes the defog mode work much
> better.
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Saul Marsh wrote:
>
> The mechanic said the windshield defrosting in the winter could be affected
> if the A/C system gets too dry. I don't know.
>
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