August 2, 200619 yr Hi all, My warrior of a 96 outback is currently in the shop with what my trusted indy mechanic calls a "object of large mass penetrating the AC condensor"..... in short, the condensor is worthless. No AC in Georgia in summer is a bad idea! Anyway, he ordered a new condensor and the one he got seems to be blocked- it isnt working correctly! Anyway, it sounds like this is a 'subaru only' part and that subaru is not happy about just replacing it with a new one. My car has been in the shop a week waiting for an outcome of the standoff: "the part is bad" vs "we would never send a bad part off". Any suggestions on what I can do to speed this up? Its been a week.. still no progress! thanks. badjer
August 3, 200619 yr Where did the condensor come from? A local subaru place, or just a generic parts house?
August 3, 200619 yr someone wrote a few weks ago that there were 2 type of ac units in lagacys (i may have forgotten the details) and replacement parts have to match the make and model of AC in the car. am i remembering correctly? Hi all, My warrior of a 96 outback is currently in the shop with what my trusted indy mechanic calls a "object of large mass penetrating the AC condensor"..... in short, the condensor is worthless. No AC in Georgia in summer is a bad idea! Anyway, he ordered a new condensor and the one he got seems to be blocked- it isnt working correctly! Anyway, it sounds like this is a 'subaru only' part and that subaru is not happy about just replacing it with a new one. My car has been in the shop a week waiting for an outcome of the standoff: "the part is bad" vs "we would never send a bad part off". Any suggestions on what I can do to speed this up? Its been a week.. still no progress! thanks. badjer
August 3, 200619 yr It comes to mind that it really shouldn't be necessary for the person working on your car to hold it hostage waiting for air conditioner parts. There's no reason you couldn't be driving it, even with the condensor removed.
August 3, 200619 yr Author thats a good point... even more frustrating is that the problem seems between my mech and the part supplier- why I am left with no car seems beyond me. Seems to me that he should get the car fixed first, then deal with the supplier! thanks for letting me vent.... its been there over a week awaiting a replacement condenser (the first one got there in a day) badjer
August 3, 200619 yr Sounds like there should be another source for the part and the mech should take it up with the supplier. I've found used parts and prices via: http://www.car-part.com/ Hope you get it sorted out soon, Nick
August 4, 200619 yr Author Sounds like there should be another source for the part and the mech should take it up with the supplier. I've found used parts and prices via: http://www.car-part.com/ Hope you get it sorted out soon, Nick Hi all.. thanks for the backup.. it will be fixed tomorrow by noon... and I am not gonna ask what all happened.. I just get my car back! badjer
August 4, 200619 yr Hi all.. thanks for the backup.. it will be fixed tomorrow by noon... and I am not gonna ask what all happened.. I just get my car back! badjer Common badjer, I want the story! Was it the wrong part? Did uncle Vinnie have to make a visit?:cool: In any case try to stay cool. ~ Mark
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