Brer Mark Hofmann wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Transmission rebuild.:   
      
      
      
    RW>> My next door neighbor just parked his 08 Chevy duramax and bought a   
    RW>> daily driver, an 02 2500HD. It's AC wasn't working, so his dad or   
    RW>> FIL came over and helped him replace and clean the system. The   
    RW>> compressor had exploded internally and filled the system with junk.   
    RW>> Not a hard job, just hard to get to. They removed inner fenders and   
    RW>> wheels to get to the compressor.   
      
    MH> Sometimes it is difficult to get all the junk out of the A/C system   
    MH> if the failure was compressor related.  Sometimes they fail and don't   
    MH> throw junk in the system.   
      
   That's why my neighbor's dad replaced all of the 'bolt-on' equipment and   
   blew out the remainder.   
      
    MH> Most of the cases I have seen with A/C systems are leak related.   
    MH> Many sleezy side of the road used car salesmen would just re-charge   
    MH> the system so it appears to work.  Then 6-8 months later, it is not   
    MH> working again.   
      
   And they contaminate the AC system with leak stoppage freon.  That means   
   you have to clean it out before adding new parts to it.   
      
    RW>> and blew the utiliy company's 100 amp fuse. The welders found a   
    RW>> replacement fuse and blew it again when they tripped the breaker.   
    RW>> This happened while we were in AZ on a well needed vacation. When I   
    RW>> got back to the shop, 4 days later, I removed the wiring from the   
    RW>> breaker box and found that the line was melted together and probably   
    RW>> touching the conduit. I pulled some new wires through the conduit   
    RW>> and all was well again, but I wouldn't allow the welders to use that   
    RW>> welder on any heavy jobs again.   
      
    MH> That is a ton of amps on that fuse!  Not something I would want to   
    MH> stand next to if it shorted out.  :)   
      
   Fortunately, that fuse is contained in a high voltage locker. Not to   
   mention that it costs $27. All in all, they spent $52 on just fuses. 8^)   
   If I had charged them to replace the burnt wire, they would have spent   
   $1052...   
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
      
   --- Ya have ta ask yourself: What Would Roy Witt Do?   
    * Origin: Lone-Star BBS - San Antonio, Texas - USA  (1:387/22)