76 Scamp A/C

429duster said
I will say this, enter that reman at your own risk. There is many members on here that have had nothing but bad luck with them and I would not waste the money period...With that being said find a kit re-seal it and I bet you it will work for you. I could be wrong have been in the past but anymore this stuff out there for these cars its just junk, if you can re use and or restore then sometimes its worth the extra work.

I tossed it back and forth in my head a few times and I ended up buying a seal kit on eBay for $55. It should be here Wednesday and then I'll get to figure out how the thing comes apart. I've been told that rebuild is similar to a Briggs engine, which I've done tons of. If this is true, it should be a piece of cake. I've never done an a/c compressor before, so I really don't know what to expect. I tried to take apart the one on my S15 truck when I had to replace it, but I couldn't figure out how it opened up. But then again, it was that little R4 model that GM put on just about everything from the 70's up until '94 or so. Being it pumps air quite well and builds pressure, should I be worried about the cylinder bores and the piston rings? Like I said in an earlier post, there's a 65 Fury in the junkyard with one of these compressors, but it's frozen and I don't know why. The car is mostly all there from what I can tell, so I'll see if anything interchanges. Unfortunately, there were big holes cut into the door panels for aftermarket speakers. The asking price of $600 was on the car still and if I knew where it was, I would've paid that even though I can't afford what I'm doing already.