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Air Conditioner: what would you do?

Alright folks, long story short it was indeed the orifice tube. Blowing beautifully cold now. Here's hoping it "holds," but in any case, I've learned a lot and think I could get it working/rebuilt again with much less fuss. The fan is still kinda weak, but I can live with that for now.
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- Post #24
- Aug 29, 2020
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Air Conditioner: what would you do?

Thanks, everyone, for the insightful posts. This is helping me think through the possibilities. No updates yet, but hope to have news by the end of the week. Yes, when as a boy I asked my grandfather where the air conditioning was in his early '60s C10, he said "roll down the window when we're...
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- Post #20
- Aug 25, 2020
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Air Conditioner: what would you do?

Thanks, everyone, for the replies. I'm impressed by the generosity of this community. >> Does it get colder as you drive it? Got it up to highway speed, and didn't notice any difference. >> When replacing the compressor, for it to have a valid warranty, they were supposed to change the orfice...
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- Post #5
- Aug 23, 2020
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Air Conditioner: what would you do?

Hi everyone. First time poster here. I'm trying to resurrect air conditioning that hasn't worked for some years in a 1997 C2500 Suburban -- single AC system (no rear air). I thought the system just needed to be recharged, but it has proven an exercise in "chase the problem." Took it in for a...
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- Aug 23, 2020
- air conditioner suburban
- Replies: 29
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance