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Sick of these a/c compressors (Brumby)
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:54 pm
by phantomD
Hi all,
Been away a little while - apologies for that. I've had bad luck with several Brumby a/c compressors now (including two remans, one which didn't pump and my latest bought from WA which leaked gas and then seized after reseal).
Running out of options here - these old a/c's are hard to find and very unreliable. Any suggestions and/or options or possibility to use a different compressor?
Cheers.
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:43 am
by Nubaru
surely any AC compressor will work so long as you can make it fit - they were just kits made up by various AC kit makers after all. The compressor is likely found in any common old 80's cars
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:51 am
by TOONGA
The early "L" series compressor should work as long as you can find one with a v belt and not a ribbed belt.
The other option is to find a late model brumby pulley that has the ribbed belt on the pulley for the later model compressor. I've seen 2 here in WA
. if you have power steering you will need to get the V cut in the pulley so your power steering works .
TOONGA
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:44 pm
by El_Freddo
I've been thinking about this too - Redback Brumby's unit has seized up. Just something else to add to the list of things to do :/
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:34 pm
by phantomD
It's so damned annoying because these systems aren't particularly easy to find these days! And they almost never work first go without throwing $$'s at them.
Difficult to know where to start to try and find a non-standard compressor out of a different model car. What do you even search for? 80's air con compressor? Lol
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:17 pm
by Silverbullet
Talk to a pro? I'm sure there is an expert on auto A/C that could help you in the right direction. I once took a leaky evap core to try and be fixed, turns out it was too far gone. But the guy spent weeks trawling through parts books, had reps over from all over the place looking at it to try and find a modern replacement, had sample parts in to try and fit in my evap box...turns out the old MY evap cores are just too weird of a design for any modern equivalent
Just saying, sometimes helps to ask someone in the industry cos they can identify the type of compressor you have, what your system needs to work etc