So I drove home from tally last night. Long drives suck.

[Shawn]

6 hour drive doing 90mph the whole way. Of course my AC didn't work, even though I just spent $350 on a new compressor before I left for college. The system was left open for about 2 years so I guess it developed a leak or two. The AC only worked for a few days.

It was the first long drive by myself, and the first long drive w/o AC. I was up since 7am yesterday, went to class, then drove until 11pm that night. It was a horrible drive. Couldn't keep my eyes open. My windows down so my ears were ringing by the time I got home. I think I'll get a recharge kit for my ac and fill it up just so I can get back with some AC.

It's nice to be home though, even if it's only for 2 days.

 

[Ryan]

I-10 sucks - try taking US98 along the coast - much mroe entertaining. th eweather's been horrible lately - like 90+ with wicked humidity, you're nuts for drivng with no A/c

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: Shawn
6 hour drive doing 90mph the whole way. Of course my AC didn't work, even though I just spent $350 on a new compressor before I left for college. The system was left open for about 2 years so I guess it developed a leak or two. The AC only worked for a few days.

It was the first long drive by myself, and the first long drive w/o AC. I was up since 7am yesterday, went to class, then drove until 11pm that night. It was a horrible drive. Couldn't keep my eyes open. My windows down so my ears were ringing by the time I got home. I think I'll get a recharge kit for my ac and fill it up just so I can get back with some AC.

It's nice to be home though, even if it's only for 2 days.

Did you replace your receiver/drier when you did the A/C? If left open, it will absorb moisture from the air and become saturated, rendering it useless. WHen the system is sealed back up, the saturated R/D will not absorb any moisture trapped in it, and this trapped moisture can damage your new compressor.

When I worked at Advance, we wouldn't warranty compressors unless the customer could prove that a receiver / drier was installed at the same time for this reason.

I wouldn't run the A/C any more until you can get the R/D replaced. It's a cheap part, and you need a recharge anyway...plus it beats the crap out of buying yet another new compressor.

Oh, and 6 hrs is nuthin I did a 14 hour non-stop trip in my Trans Am on more than one occasion. Now THAT sucked.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA

Originally posted by: Shawn
6 hour drive doing 90mph the whole way. Of course my AC didn't work, even though I just spent $350 on a new compressor before I left for college. The system was left open for about 2 years so I guess it developed a leak or two. The AC only worked for a few days.

It was the first long drive by myself, and the first long drive w/o AC. I was up since 7am yesterday, went to class, then drove until 11pm that night. It was a horrible drive. Couldn't keep my eyes open. My windows down so my ears were ringing by the time I got home. I think I'll get a recharge kit for my ac and fill it up just so I can get back with some AC.

It's nice to be home though, even if it's only for 2 days.

Did you replace your receiver/drier when you did the A/C? If left open, it will absorb moisture from the air and become saturated, rendering it useless. WHen the system is sealed back up, the saturated R/D will not absorb any moisture trapped in it, and this trapped moisture can damage your new compressor.

When I worked at Advance, we wouldn't warranty compressors unless the customer could prove that a receiver / drier was installed at the same time for this reason.

I wouldn't run the A/C any more until you can get the R/D replaced. It's a cheap part, and you need a recharge anyway...plus it beats the crap out of buying yet another new compressor.

Oh, and 6 hrs is nuthin I did a 14 hour non-stop trip in my Trans Am on more than one occasion. Now THAT sucked.

Done 16+ hours before. Those were interesting trips...

ZV

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I-10 sucks - try taking US98 along the coast - much mroe entertaining

it's better than I-75. though I-10 has a lot of cops. my radar kept going off. I had to keep slowing down. anyway I'm just looking for the fastest time possible.

 

[GeekDrew]

Six hours isn't bad... I wouldn't want to do it more than once a month or something, but I'm sure I could handle more often than that if I needed to do so.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I-10 sucks - try taking US98 along the coast - much mroe entertaining

it's better than I-75. though I-10 has a lot of cops. my radar kept going off. I had to keep slowing down. anyway I'm just looking for the fastest time possible.

Never had a problem on i-10 - drive it from the Marianna exits to Jacksonville an d sometimes to Tampa. It's fast - have no problme averagin 90MPH, jsut sooooooooooo boring.

 

[Blieb]

Where are you from originally?

I like US27 (appalachee pkwy) goes all over ...

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I-10 sucks - try taking US98 along the coast - much mroe entertaining

it's better than I-75. though I-10 has a lot of cops. my radar kept going off. I had to keep slowing down. anyway I'm just looking for the fastest time possible.

Never had a problem on i-10 - drive it from the Marianna exits to Jacksonville an d sometimes to Tampa. It's fast - have no problme averagin 90MPH, jsut sooooooooooo boring.

It's not bad. At least it's got hills. It's gets pretty boring once you get farther south of ocala on I-75.

 

[TwiceOver]

heh. I read that as Italy.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I-10 sucks - try taking US98 along the coast - much mroe entertaining

it's better than I-75. though I-10 has a lot of cops. my radar kept going off. I had to keep slowing down. anyway I'm just looking for the fastest time possible.

Never had a problem on i-10 - drive it from the Marianna exits to Jacksonville an d sometimes to Tampa. It's fast - have no problme averagin 90MPH, jsut sooooooooooo boring.

It's not bad. At least it's got hills. It's gets pretty boring once you get farther south of ocala on I-75.

but if you take hte beach route - its sooo much nicer. YOu guys shoudl really come down and see cape san blas - it'ws beautiful

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA

Originally posted by: Shawn
6 hour drive doing 90mph the whole way. Of course my AC didn't work, even though I just spent $350 on a new compressor before I left for college. The system was left open for about 2 years so I guess it developed a leak or two. The AC only worked for a few days.

It was the first long drive by myself, and the first long drive w/o AC. I was up since 7am yesterday, went to class, then drove until 11pm that night. It was a horrible drive. Couldn't keep my eyes open. My windows down so my ears were ringing by the time I got home. I think I'll get a recharge kit for my ac and fill it up just so I can get back with some AC.

It's nice to be home though, even if it's only for 2 days.

Did you replace your receiver/drier when you did the A/C? If left open, it will absorb moisture from the air and become saturated, rendering it useless. WHen the system is sealed back up, the saturated R/D will not absorb any moisture trapped in it, and this trapped moisture can damage your new compressor.

When I worked at Advance, we wouldn't warranty compressors unless the customer could prove that a receiver / drier was installed at the same time for this reason.

I wouldn't run the A/C any more until you can get the R/D replaced. It's a cheap part, and you need a recharge anyway...plus it beats the crap out of buying yet another new compressor.

Oh, and 6 hrs is nuthin I did a 14 hour non-stop trip in my Trans Am on more than one occasion. Now THAT sucked.

well i didn't replace the r/d because it was replaced about 6 months ago when i had my evaporator core replaced. then my compressor seized up. i think it was sealed for that amount of time. i dunno. but when i unhooked the compressor a lot of freon came out. so i just saved the r/d.