Mace Canute
Elite Member
Most tractor manufactures evacuate the systems at the factory. If the system didn't have a vacumn when the dealer got to it, it already had a problem. This is what I have found over the years. trac
Yes, of course, but the OP stated that "Right after I bought it a few years ago a fitting broke on the A/C compressor" so I'm kinda assuming that the system was open to the atmosphere plus he also stated "the local dealer (who wasn't really a real tractor dealer and who quickly went out of business) repaired it and it never was really right after that". The fitting might have been repaired correctly but the recharging of the system apparently wasn't. Maybe the dealer's mechanics didn't have the proper equipment to evacuate and then recharge the system and just used one of the cheap DIY deals. I'm just saying it wouldn't hurt to mention that possibility to whomever the OP gets to work on his tractor's AC.