[mcqueary]

I did a remove and replace of mother in law's compressor on a 95 Lesabre (R134) and it went real smooth. I used a new compressor to be on the safe side and it's been working for nearly a year now. Just follow all the standard advice of replacing the o-tube and accumulator along with the compressor, flush the system, evacuate the system, and recharge to the proper amount.

Also on my 93 lesabre (R12) I replaced just the clutch without removing the compressor or dischargeing the system. It's challengeing but doable from the passenger wheel well side if you have the right clutch removing tool and do not want to discharge the system. It actually turned out I replaced the clutch for nothing since I later discovered the REAL problem was a bad relay not supplying power to the clutch. I made a bad assumption.