Who Rebuilds A/C Compressors?

[Road Grabber]

I have a 1970 Dart Swinger 340 I’m putting back to original.

Classic Auto Air no longer restores AC systems. They only deal now with retrofit.

Is there another vendor out there that will rebuild compressors to original specifications?

Does anyone sell rebuilt compressors?

Has anyone rebuilt a compressor and know of parts available to rebuild compressor?

 

[dadsbee]

AC compressor rebuild

 

[Demonic]

The gaskets are getting hard if not impossible to find lately. It would be nice for someone to do a run of a few hundred kits, but it's costly - stamped metal, composite, rubber, etc. The shaft seals are available. I would replace the shaft seal, maybe the front bearing. Make your own bottom oil sump gasket and clean the interior of the "pan" real good. Reassemble with new oil, Ester if converting, mineral if spending the $$ for R12.

 

[Road Grabber]

Thank you for the replies. I have no problem with rebuilding or putting in replacement seals. I’ll have to spend time getting the part numbers.

 

[Road Grabber]

AC compressor rebuild

This was useful thanks. I’ll try to sift through the comments and see about what options I have.

 

[davek]

This was useful thanks. I’ll try to sift through the comments and see about what options I have.

Post the numbers when you find them to help other members please.

 

[Road Grabber]

Post the numbers when you find them to help other members please.

If I come up with something I will let others know. Thank you

 

[MarkLevi]

From the parts manual:
AC Part packages from section PK

Compressor exploded view from Section 24 "AC" - you'd have to look up each individual item-type's part number(s) in the sections parts listing. It's multiple pages, so I didn't extract.

 

[Road Grabber]

From the parts manual:
AC Part packages from section PK
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Compressor exploded view from Section 24 "AC" - you'd have to look up each individual item-type's part number(s) in the sections parts listing. It's multiple pages, so I didn't extract.
View attachment 1791898

Great post. Thanks

 

[SGTPaul]

After poking around on the web today for a rebuild gasket kit it looks like somewhat slim pickings. Classic Ind. used to have a gasket set and a shaft seal set but no longer available. Looking in the parts manual and what I've seen posted, this is what I see as rebuild parts. What would be the most common ones to obtain for a generic rebuild? Presuming the crank package would have most of the gaskets?

Piston Package 2541330, one piston, one sump Gasket, one head Gasket and one valve plate gasket

Crankshaft Package 2815755, crankshaft, two head gaskets, two valve plate gaskets, sump gasket and front seal.

Front Bearing 2019681

Rear Bearing 1984152

Oil Pump Package 2021191

2275205 and 2252204 Reed Valve Plate

Also saw this on C bodies: sim to the one Classic Ind used to offer.

Anybody have a source for a full gasket set?

 

[EV2RTSE]

Rebuilt compressor, he has them available with clutches as well.
RV2 A/C COMPRESSOR WITHOUT CLUTCH FITS MANY CHRYSLER AND DODGE | eBay

 

[nitro_rat]

I have found that I enjoy an A/C system when it works really well. Unless you're doing the car to a 100 point concours condition, I would ditch the boat anchor and update to a Sanden compressor, modern parallel flow condenser, and modern barrier hoses along with a TXV that's calibrated for 134a. This will make the system perform great with 134 that's commonly available (for now). Not to mention the 20+ horsepower saving and probably 20+ lbs of weight savings off the nose. The car will be all around better for it. There's a recent thread on the A-body site about where to get the stuff...