You have to be kidding me.....

[Stresst]

So I brought my truck in the shop this morning for the a/c told me it would be done by 12 noon. Got a call about 10 and was told the hose connecting to the condensor is frozen solid and he cannot break it lose w//o possibility of breaking it. Wound up that I need a new condensor. He knows money is tight and told me whatever the parts store charges to just pay his price. (jobber 131.00) about 1 hour later he call's again and says the Y-hose is frozen solid as well another 89.oo from the dealer. Is this normal? He tried to heat it up but ng.

I send this guy all the trucks from my job and half the time doesnt charge us for minor shit so im torn as to what to think????

 

[07Burb]

Has he ever tried to over charge you before?

Things like this is why I'm always there the entire time they are working on my stuff so that I can keep an eye on them and see this stuff first hand.

 

[sparg93]

i would say if he doesn't normally charge for the minor stuff as you stated and he is now...it's probably necessary.

Also, a frozen line is pretty easy to identify...i'm not AC wizzard, but I honestly don't know why he can't unfreeze it.

 

[blueflamed03]

I send this guy all the trucks from my job and half the time doesnt charge us for minor shit so im torn as to what to think????

so now that he's charging you for something, you question it? If you trust him...send him work,you know he does small stuff for free...why the dis-trust now?

 

[SunlitComet]

Are we are talking thermal freezing? He could have left it be for an hour or two on its own and let the enviorment do its thing. If we are talking stuck parts he has a failure of imagination and some ignorance to deal with.

 

[Stresst]

I guess frozen is a bad word to use when referring to a/c lines. I mean frozen like rusted/corrosion/cant break free. Something I left out as to why I may have "distrust" is I bought my own hose, accumulator and orfice. Maybe im thinking too much into it. I dont know.....Has anyone else experienced these "issues" with these parts not breaking loose??

 

[raptorforme93]

I have experienced it when I was getting my A/C done. One shop said the lines were "froze up" like your guy is saying and they quoted me $3k to do all of it and another shop replaced every for $1,400 and said everything came apart with no issues at all. Sounds to me like you need a new shop man.

 

[Stresst]

Either way my a/c is now blowing colder then ever. I dont remember it EVER so cold.

 

[07Burb]

At least there was a positive end result

 

[raptorforme93]

Good deal ) atleast you got it up and running!! I went a whole year in my hoe without ac which SUCKS when you live in Florida and it gets up to 100* regularly in the summer

 

[07Burb]

I know I'd personally have a really hard time without AC! That's one major requirement for me!!

 

[99Yukon_Z71]

Angelo,

I was working on my 2000 Z71 OBS Tahoe and came upon the same probelms. Had it been a customers, I would had to charge for new condenser and rear A/C line. My fitting were also seized together, and even after heating them up, I could not break them free!!! Then I tried to bypass the "Y" to the rear A/C with a stock line from the dealer that bypasses the Rear A/C, but couldnt get the fiting free, so what I did was cut the line BEFORE the Y and installed a compression fitting!! Guess what, IT WORKED!!! I avoided having to buy the complete rear A/C line and all the work. Only bad thing is, I dont have Rear A/C, but I dont care, im the only one who drives my truck and the rear guys can suffice with normal A/C! Dont jump your technician so quickly, especially if hes helped you and your friends in the past!!! Alot of us techs out there are honest, its the bad ones that put us good honest ones a bad name!!!

 

[arveetek]

The A/C lines are aluminum, so it's not uncommon for them to get corroded together. Sometimes you can end up twisting the lines in two before the fittings ever break loose.

I think your mechanic did a trustworthy job.

Casey

 

[lyrch]

yeah we used to have this happen all the time. seemed like at least 2 out of 5 trucks would be stuck together. you can get them apart sometimes but when they do the line is twisted and broke.

 

[Stresst]

Thanks for all the reply's, everything's all good. Temperature hovering around 40 degrees!

When I picked up the truck the condensor and Y hose and pile of my other old parts were all lying beside my truck. He charged me 180 for the condensor and 100 for the y-pipe, no additional labor. Know thats its over and I think about it there is no way he "got over". I just got myself worked up!

 

[SunlitComet]

Username explained.

 

[99Yukon_Z71]

username explained.

lmao!!!!!!

 

[TheBeast99]

i still gotta get my A\C fixed at some point. Working up a sweat while ON the way to work is not my idea of fun in the summer.