1993 Ford 7.3L A/C re-seal job

[Mopar1973Man]

My A/C work is spreading like wild fire. I done a job for a local gent he happen to tell his neighbor about it. So now I've got a 1993 Ford 7.3L that I'm resealing being its already been converted to R134a by another shop but it didn't hold freon. So I just happen to have the seal kit for his truck in stock.

 

 

[Buzzinhalfdozen]

Do you have a favorite place to get seal kits from? All this A/C talk lately has motivated me to get mine working again.

[Mopar1973Man]

Do you have a favorite place to get seal kits from? All this A/C talk lately has motivated me to get mine working again.

 

The last Dodge Ram I did a seal kit on was about $15 bucks from NAPA.

 

As for my project Ford here in the thread sad to say... I've hit the wall. Completed a 1 hour vacuum test and was holding prefect vacuum. Then added the first can of freon but no compressor. Looked at the compressor plug and its destroyed. The compressor clutch broke free and spun at some point destroying the plug.

[Buzzinhalfdozen]

Well I guess that guys bill just went up.

[Mopar1973Man]

Yeah it did. But I just sent it home for now. I'm looking at roughly $300 to $350 for just a compressor. Not horrid but I'm going to research a bit more and see what I can find.

[Wild and Free]

If you are doing that much ac work then I have to ask why you are using cans rather than 30lb kegs of Freon and a digital scale? Would save both you and the customers time and money down the road.

[Mopar1973Man]

Last year I barely sold a case. This year I've eaten over 3 cases. Then next year I might not have much. You never know.