Reuse this AC compressor?

[Ollie W]

Hello,
I've been working to get my AC working. It just blows ambient temperature air.
I replaced the condenser. I'll replace the receiver/drier. I was going to take the compressor out, flush it and reuse it. Then I just found this?

I don't think I'll use it, but my question is, if I get a new compressor, can I use Red Tek as the refrigerant?

[khughes]

If your compressor looks like that, so do your hoses, expansion valve, and evaporator. You need to, at least, get an A/C flush kit and flush your lines, and you really should pull the evap and flush it as well as replace the expansion valve. That would be the least I'd do - you don't want to pump that crap into a new compressor and kill it too
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'86 Westy FAS GenV Turbo (Marvin)

[Abscate]

I just found Johnica in Taiwan sells internal AC parts which you can rebuild Sanden for a lot less than new,

A swash plate compressor is amazingly simple inside and there is nothing lost opening up and looking for bad parts.
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.ssS!

[Zeitgeist 13]

Yup, take that sucker apart and clean it yourself.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Ollie W]

I just punted and bought a new compressor and expansion valve.

But I'll take this one apart and fix it. Always nice to have an extra...