Originally Posted by Rumble
With 3 older vehicles (actually just 2 now, as we got rid of our '04 PT), I started doing my own A/C work lately. So I don't what shops are asking for A/C repairs. WIth my Caddy, I replaced some of the major components, and converted to R134 a few years back. Same with my pickup, but it had been converted years ago, but the shop did the bare minimum and never cooled all that great. So last summer, I replaced everything on it (except the evaporator core which takes an act of congress to remove from the dash). It cools in the upper 30 degrees now, while the Cadillac gets down to around 40 degrees (still using the original condenser).
Check your fan clutch.
With 3 older vehicles (actually just 2 now, as we got rid of our '04 PT), I started doing my own A/C work lately. So I don't what shops are asking for A/C repairs. WIth my Caddy, I replaced some of the major components, and converted to R134 a few years back. Same with my pickup, but it had been converted years ago, but the shop did the bare minimum and never cooled all that great. So last summer, I replaced everything on it (except the evaporator core which takes an act of congress to remove from the dash). It cools in the upper 30 degrees now, while the Cadillac gets down to around 40 degrees (still using the original condenser).
Check your fan clutch.
