Do I absolutely NEED A/C in Phoenix?

[Zeitgeist 13]

I need AC, even up here in Western WA. Having ridden my BMW bike through AZ in the late Fall, I can say that you'll need both a working heater and AC in order to handle many a 24hr period down there.
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[Terry Kay]

Coil?
AC fan I have.

If I was rehabbing an AC system--a reman or new compressor would be the best bet.
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[levi]

I suppose the answer is: it depends.
I live in Vegas, don't have ac, and don't see it as absolutely necessary in the van. BUT, I'm outside a lot, climbing, riding the bike, so moving in the van with the windows open, and the a/c windows open (wing windows ) usually is cooler than whatever I've been doing. So it's ok.
Then again, I know folks who can't walk across the street without sweating their ass off, so... it depends on who you are.
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[Terry Kay]

<<I suppose the answer is: it depends.>>

Depends on what Levi?
If your into S&M or not?

Mid August / July is plenty HOT in Lost Wages---and unbearable in a rolling toaster oven.

<<I live in Vegas, don't have ac,>>

My question is;
If you had AC you wouldn't use it at high noon--anytime?

<< and don't see it as absolutely necessary in the van.>>

Stage Coaches didn't have AC either--them folks lived.
I guess your right.

I for sure wouldn't want to be dressed up & out on the town and drive around sweating like a Bull---
I guess it's a personal comfort level thing---

<<BUT, I'm outside a lot, climbing, riding the bike, so moving in the van with the windows open, and the a/c windows open (wing windows ) usually is cooler than whatever I've been doing. So that's OK>>

Huh--
Might as well sit in your kitchen chair with a hair dryer pluggd in and pointed at your face.

It's a dry heat--so that's Ok I guess.

You must be into mass discomfort.

A good friend of mines wife got transfered to Lost Wages for 2 years.
I went out there to visit a couple of times.
I took his Milwaukee Vibrator for a ride, and I'll tell you what--it was real short.
A Helmit at 1:00 pm in in the dry heat sure isn't my idea of fun.

The ride was discontinued in about 5 minutes.

The Vanagon type oven in LV without AC reminds me of the movie Bridge on the River Kwai--Alex Guiness in the solitary hot box.

Too bad he didn't have any vent windows.
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[Hairybroness]

Terry, if you know of anyone in Phoenix who can redo the a/c as thoroughly as you've described in other threads with any expertise, please throw out their name. I don't have a garage, and getting the a/c revamped is on my list of paying someone else to do.

[Terry Kay]

I don't know of anyone out that way that I could recommend.

I'm smack dab in the middle of the US, and am not sure who's good out that way or who isn't.

Sorry I can't help you out on this one.
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[eeebee]

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[Dogpilot]

If your looking for a shop, contact Bill at AZ Transaxel Exchange, he may know a decent shop or two.

I worked for years in vehicles that had no AC in the desert. Nice steamy and dry spots like just north of Death Valley, Somalia, Egypt, Honduras to name a few. In fact I was in my late-twenties until I ever got a vehicle that even had it, a VW Dasher. Would I go back to that non-AC condition? I don't think I would be very happy on a daily basis, occasionally yes, but commuting in PHX traffic, I don't think so.

Luckily, there are several auto recyclers in PHX that you may be able to recover the bits you need. Or you can start the process as you travel up and down the CO-AZ axis during the move. Lots of small yards along the way, like Moab has a yard on the east side going out of town with a few vans in the cemetery.
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