I hope this can be of some help to someone out there. Most people are really scared and/or intimidated by air conditioning systems.

You CAN purchase most all of the parts for the compressor and rebuild it yourself. I have done many of them in the past. The compressors are so simple, its really dumb not to mention very expensive to buy a new or remanufactured a/c compressor from an autoparts store.

Most fail due to the following:
Front shaft seal leaks: Replacement around $9
Leaking "O" ring: around $8
Bad Internal bearings: approx $26
Bad Clutch Bearing: approx $45
Bad clutch: around $50

Most parts I purchase locally but there are several suppliers online, also alot of John Deere equipment also use the same compressors.

Here are a few sites:

http://www.polarbearinc.com/PBPC/ho...s_GA_Metal.html

!! Seals and such:
http://www.apairinc.com/iVIEW.asp?C...CAT=Nippondenso

http://www.apairinc.com/main.asp
(there main page)

Bearings:
http://bearingsdirect.com/products/

Condensor Lookup:
http://webbase.transpro.com/coolcat/

TSB's & Recalls:
http://www.alldata.com/recall/make/

I hope this helps at least ONE person out there save some $$$, time and stress. :cool:

Dave