Air con repair and blown fuse

[vp_commo]

Howdy

My air con is stuffed, totally dead , it was dead when I aquired the car.
I have also removed the air con hose too, once when I was putting on new mounts.

So I am wondering what is the damage to get it regassed and ship shape again.

I have about $200 so I am scraping it in, but what would be the best way to get around this problem. Any way of getting a realistic quote that I dont have to pay for before the work is done.?

It might need more than a simple re gas.

Also the fan only works on speeds 3 and 4, and I remember somone telling me it is some kind of blown fuse, any ideas.

cheers
Dan

[MasterOfReality]

$200 should get you a re-gas.

To get a diagnosis done on the aircon system then you would probably need to pay for a shop to do it regardless.

If its totally dead, budget around $1700 for new compressor, condensor, other bits and pieces and labor.

[IvanTheTerrible]

The heater resistor will be causing the fan problem. Leaving an A/C system open to the air isn't agood thing to do and if you dint plug the ports at all then the chance are the compresor is full off shit.

[vp_commo]

Air con works now, I replaced the resistor (repco dont stock VP resistors so I just went and got one from the wrecker $5.00) and O rings on the compressor, had it regassed and leak checked ($150.00 for the guy to come around and do it).
Fans a bit noisy on speed number 4, but saves me from roasting at the lights.

Cheers

Dan