What Do Most List Members do when their Old R12 Air Conditioning Dies?

[Kneale Brownson]

Google A/C clutch tool

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> On Jul 5, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Jason <uberhare at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow - yeah don't turn the a/c back on till you fix that!  The clutch is
> just about ready to fall right off.  The pulley is running true, so find a
> used one and swap the clutch over.  Once you take the outer plate off, the
> bearing is likely held in with a snap ring.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:37 PM, mboucher70 hotmail.com <
> mboucher70 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>  Hi Jason and Kneale, that’s what I’m hoping for...that its just the
>> clutch.  Mechanic doesn’t seem to believe in changing clutches, told me to
>> shop around for a new compressor, and he’d evacuate the system and do an
>> R134 conversion.  Hoping to avoid this.
>> 
>> I managed to get some videos of the compressor filmed and up on youtube.
>> Here goes:
>> 
>> This is with the A/C turned off:
>> 
>> http://youtu.be/L1Hvg2vu7tg
>> 
>> This is with the A/C turned on:
>> http://youtu.be/FvatcMvrwWg
>> 
>> (ignore the dripping fluids, that’s another problem I’m dealing with).
>> 
>> Also, don’t know if adds to the picture, but the A/C has retained its
>> charge.  Then again, the pressures don’t change when the A/C is turned on.
>> 
>> *From:* Jason <uberhare at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 05, 2014 1:45 PM
>> *To:* mboucher70 hotmail.com <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> ; quattro at audifans.com
>> *Subject:* Re: What Do Most List Members do when their Old R12 Air
>> Conditioning Dies?
>> 
>> Sounds like you need an A/C clutch assembly.  If the shaft on the
>> compressor is OK you could take everything from a used one and not have to
>> drain the system.
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 1:38 PM, mboucher70 hotmail.com <
>> mboucher70 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I’m looking for some help to diagnose if the problem is the compressor or
>>> just the clutch.
>>> 
>>> The very front part of the unit, which I think is called the “driven
>>> plate” spins in an “off balance” way when the A/C is turned on.  Its like
>>> its way off-center on the driveshaft and so the resulting off-center causes
>>> a lot of vibrating.  When the A/C is turned off, the front part stops
>>> spinning, but occasionally it will do one or two revolutions with a
>>> grinding noise and then stop.
>>> 
>>> I filmed it while the A/C was both off and on...going to try to put it up
>>> somewhere (y