Need New A/C Compressor...Any Recommendations?

I have a 1993 Jeep Cherokee Country 4.0L Automatic 2WD with 153,000 miles and I went and had my A/C system checked and I need a new A/C compressor. Anyone have any suggestions of where I can get a decent priced replacement. Should I go with new or remanufactured?

im in the same boat... but i think im heading to the junkyard... clean, drain oil, refill oil and charge.... oh yeah, and cross fingers!...

can't believe what they cost!... wish i could just pick up a new one... but DAMN..

JOe

scour ebay.

i just picked up a brand new OEM Sanden compressor for a 94-96 R134 system for 118 shipped.

ooo... good point... are the compressor's the same through the years? does anyone know this?

Thanks!

JOe

Every few years they changed.

best thing to do is get the part # and cross reference it on google.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check ebay. I did some looking around on the compressors and apparently 1991-1993 Cherokee, 1991-1992 Comanche, and 1991-1995 Wrangler compressors will work. Why wouldn't later models work?

I'm not sure when they switched from R-12 to R-134 but when they did they may have changed compressors?

94 was a compressor overlap year, R12 and R134, same mount style.

The later ones will not work, I'm assuming because they mount differently.

I have a 1984 XJ Pioneer. That's right. 2.8L and all that. Anyhow, the compressor started blowing coolant and the quote was about $750 to replace the whole system. I took several digital photos of the compressor and went to the wrecking yard. Found a matching compressor and took it home. It went on and worked great for two days. Turns out the replacement compressor was working great and not blowing coolant. (Its always a crap shoot with used parts but the savings can be significant.) Turned out it was an o ring near the evaporator. Got that replaced. Set the a/c on nuclear winter and ran the hell out of it for three days and then took it to the Outer Banks and ran it there with no problems. Had a good time going up and down the beach north of Corolla sometimes taking my 82 year old mother who was the original owner.

Just to add to this I always get either a junkyard unit or 100% new when I buy compressors. The remans always tend to make noise and run rough in my experience. Good luck!

KingOfTheHill said:

im in the same boat... but i think im heading to the junkyard... clean, drain oil, refill oil and charge.... oh yeah, and cross fingers!...

can't believe what they cost!... wish i could just pick up a new one... but DAMN..

JOe

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I picked up an AC Compressor at the local pick n pull and it was about $30. I forget if that was on half price day or not. Probably on full price day though, I can't really remember as it was about a year ago.

Reman units cost around $350.