Blessed, blessed coolness.
I have had NO air conditioning in the Escape so far this summer.
it hasn’t been much of a hardship because I had many other, larger fish to fry. On the other hand, it was nice when there were cool days.
Still, three or four days so far, I would arrive at work, or on the jobsite, looking like someone peed on me. Not optimal
I knew I had a leak in the AC compressor. Made in Korea, I had already probably exceeded the service life. So I waited until I had the scratch in Paypal and ordered the kit- the compressor, the accumulator, the oil, & flush solvent all showed up at the house last Wednesday. So Friday and yesterday, working in the new and improved shop, where all the tools can actually be located, I managed to get it out, flushed, swapped, and recharged. I could have run the vacuum down a little lower, but I can always go back and do that. And now cool air comes out of the ducts, instead of just humidity. Thank you, Mr Carrier.
and to think it was once a luxury that was only available as a clunky add on. Technology. When it works all is well in the universe.
Your mention of Carrier brings a flood of memories. My father worked for Day & Night during the ’60s. We had one car – a ’56 Mercury Montclair – that we would all pile into to take Dad to work each morning. All of the men wore ties, even the lab techs like my dad, though their’s were clip-on for safety reasons.
Be glad we aren’t living in the 50s… It was 2-55 A/C back then…
Lol. Yep, that’s what I was using until I fixed it!
I had to leave home to get a/c, the folks installed air a year after I left. I guess I was more of a drain on them than I thought…
Got the intake gaskets on the old F150, its seems to be good to go so far. Don’t want to do that again.