It's illegal to vent R134A to the atmosphere.

The is no way verify the system will hold a vaccum to all the moisture is out before charging it.

There is no way to accurately measurethe charge weight.


That's 3 good reasons you shouldn't screw with the AC on your own.

 

So its pretty much as bad as it could be...

I need a whole new compressor. I took it to a place by my work, and the guy was pretty cool telling me hes always wanted an s2000 and bla bla.
A minute later he found the problem the whole clutch assembly on the ac compressor is gone! I didn't notice it yesterday because it looks flush and clean that nothing belonged there. It must have popped off and hit the hanger which put the hole in my exhaust. I got the hole in the exhaust weld shut, 25 bucks and he did it about 2 minutes haa.

I called the stealership just to see what they had to say, 800 for the compressor 250 for labor. Ive been looking around and most places for a new oe compressor are 500-600. My buddy said he found a site that said 350. i can't check it since im at work and so many web sites are blocked, luckily s2ki is not.

Im furious, mainly becuase thats alot of money to me right now, and i was saving up to put my clutch in. And i don't know why it happened to begin with. We've all floored the gas with the ac on, now im scared to do so.

 

your clutch fell off but your belt stayed on the pulley?

lucky man

the accumulator and orifice tube should be changed also while you have the system exposed

 

Honda doesn't use orifice tubes.

And the accumulator on a GM car is a receiver drier on a Honda.

 

Ill take a pic or two when i get home, but its going to be dark so they might not come out well. Ive just been searching the internet for a decent deal on a whole new ac comp, any place you guys reccomend?

 

okay

Expansion valve

 

Maybe buy a used one from the For Sale forum?

 

oh, call around auto recyclers, or junk yards. I bought my a year ago for $125. Used, still works fine.

 

^You unlucky guy. I bought an entire set (minus the compressor part you need) for ~100 bucks from a guy parting a wrecked S he bought for a AE86 swap. Im sure I couldve got the compressor for sub 100. Look for a guy doing a track-car. Good deals, sometimes

 

just bought a used ac compressor off a 05 from davgoat. hope it gets here soon. no ac in 100 degree smog in la is no fun. but at least i got a good deal on the ac comp.