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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would do the dealer repair down there, because if the repair fails or you have issues later on, you might have some leverage getting a dealer up here to fix the fix, as it were, without additional charges.

Jim-Bob’s Gas N Lube has no incentive to do quality work on out-of-state tags.[/quote]

It’s an A/C compressor replacement, not building a SpaceX rocket. You pull the refrigerant out of the system with a vacuum bottle tool, remove the serpentine belt, two or three mounting bolts, disconnect the high and low pressure lines and wiring harness, and take the old compressor out. Then you bolt the new compressor back in, reconnect the high and low pressure lines and wiring harness, recharge the system with refrigerant, and put the serpentine belt back on. It takes about 30 minutes. I’ve literally done it in a parking lot of an Autozone (with rented tools, no less!) in less time than it took my wife and her parents to finish lunch at Applebee’s.

Seriously- who can’t do this stuff themselves??? Do you people have ANY life skills? [/quote]

It is doable but definitely not a straightforward job for somebody who doesn’t work on their car regularly. Some cars also have more complicated setups for example, mine requires recharging the AC by weight. I don’t know the specifics of the OP car but I’m sure they could easily look it up.[/quote]

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