2565 air conditioners

[LouNY]

My multimeters are not inexpensive my good one was a Fluke 8060 till it took one to many falls.
Now it's a Fluke 87 as well as a couple of less expensive digital true RMS meters.
My AC troubleshooting equipment is minimal a set of gauges with adapters I forget what they cost but it was less then a service call,
my vacuum pump was a a couple of hundred and has only been used a few times on systems that got completely open to atmosphere for a period of time.

 

[Eagle1]

My multimeters are not inexpensive my good one was a Fluke 8060 till it took one to many falls.
Now it's a Fluke 87 as well as a couple of less expensive digital true RMS meters.

I think I still use a Fluke 77 from the mid 80's. It's been through hell and back but works. Need buy some good probes again, using some crap ones right now.

 

[LouNY]

It's a life time of tools, a little at time. Reality is when I needed an AC compressor replaced the local shop was wanted $800-1200 for a 15 year old truck. I bought gauges, a vacuum pump, a used compressor, some AC Oil and some 134a under $400 all shipped to door. Crash course on line, never trust on source for anything in life. Swapped the compressor, pulled vacuum made sure there were no leaks. Added some oil and charged the system to factory spec per the official oem service manual. Been working for 5 years no recharge needed. My son't truck went out the next summer same deal, same type of truck. Only had to buy parts less than 100 and spend a couple of hours. Had to repair a few front end collisions from my wife and daughter, bought the wrecks and rebuilt.
I had multiple vehicles the pros had for months with out fixing, had them towed to my house and fixed them using the same manual they have.
Now I have been a techie on the clock working all over the county for most of my life. I walked away from a high end gig ( 1 of 5 in the USA) because I had enough. I've taken more training courses for different things than I care to remember. A lot of them in my "spare" time because I want to know. I stayed in "school" while working 60-80 weeks for 20+ years because tech moves fast and you have to keep up or become outdated. I started as Motorcycle mechanic, enlisted and became Aircraft electrician and the moved into the industrial world. Along the way I picked up a working knowledge of all kind stuff. I can write code, debug code (much harder) and fix most anything worth repairing. These days my time is mine and free for me to use but not collecting $300+ per hour from some big corp.
I'm not your average tractor jockey but way more redneck than most farmers and not afraid to work hard and get dirty. I've get a lot more done now that don't work on other peoples stuff, and learn new skills like welding, butchering , hunting and raising livestock.
I still have my Fluke multimeter from 30+ years ago and it works just fine, pretty sure it was well over $200 in today's dollars back in the 80's

Now to AC here not much you can do with out a set of AC gauge.

Dang you been reading my mail?
Grew up farming, Marines Avionics, Industrial Instrumentation and Control which included programmable controllers the original PC, Calibration.
Ran and maintained a stock car on dirt tracks and farm tractors and equipment on the side all my life.
More schooling and tech manuals then you can shake a stick at.
71 and still learning and working

 

[Eagle1]

Dang you been reading my mail?
Grew up farming, Marines Avionics, Industrial Instrumentation and Control which included programmable controllers the original PC, Calibration.
Ran and maintained a stock car on dirt tracks and farm tractors and equipment on the side all my life.
More schooling and tech manuals then you can shake a stick at.
71 and still learning and working

Well sir thank you for your service, you've got a couple of years of experience on me.
I'll never quit learning there is always something. My kids know how to kick start my brain and send me on a research mission to learn. When I quit the tech business I supported my customer base and techs for almost year for free. Then I filled a dumpster with manuals, prints, notes and stuff. I actually still have a few one of things under my desk just in case.

 

[jaxs]

You two imposters came here for no reason other than strut,fluff and preen while Mookey waits for you to tell him how to work your brand of magic on his tractor. Pitiful.

 

[LouNY]

You two imposters came here for no reason other than strut,fluff and preen while Mookey waits for you to tell him how to work your brand of magic on his tractor. Pitiful.

Better then a disgruntled so called professional crying the blues.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Not trying to be a smarty pants, but take off the cab, put on a straw hat, and enjoy the fresh air
-Simon

 

[5030]

I finally got 2 cans in it, still don't work. I have clean radiator, condenser,air filters and everything with no avail. I haven't got the money but guess have to call mechanic

Should have done that or contacted your local dealer in the first place. Obvious to me you don't have a clue about AC. All you are going to do by screwing with it is incur additional cost.

 

[mookey]

I hated to but called mahindra mechanic, and he had gauges which I didn't he pulled it down pull a vacuum and filled it back up with refrigeration. It works fine now. Don't know what was wrong to start with, he did not either! But working fine now. Thank you all very much!!!!

 

[grsthegreat]

bet mechanic didnt wait to see if it held the vacuum. When the pull a vacuum on home units, it HAS to hold the vacuum for a certain length of time. If theres a leak, it will stop again. Did he add any leak stop?