429CJ-3X2
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- November 6, 2009
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- Des Moines, Iowa
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '01,'02, '04 Sport Tracs,
I posted this in the Under the Hood section, but I don't know how many will see it there, so I'm moving it over here.
Last summer my son said the a/c in his '97 Mountaineer 5.0 2WD wasn't working. I found the accumulator has a sizeable hole rusted through it. I wasn't too concerned about getting it fixed as long as he wasn't complaining. Most of his driving is 5 miles to work and 5 miles back, and rarely in the heat of the day. Now I'm starting to wonder about the consequences of not fixing it. It's not like the old days when a/c was an option and you could bypass the a/c compressor by getting the belt for a non-a/c vehicle.
So my questions are,
How much of a job is it to replace the accumulator?
What else MUST be replaced?
What are the consequences of not fixing it? Will the compressor eventually lock up?
Last summer my son said the a/c in his '97 Mountaineer 5.0 2WD wasn't working. I found the accumulator has a sizeable hole rusted through it. I wasn't too concerned about getting it fixed as long as he wasn't complaining. Most of his driving is 5 miles to work and 5 miles back, and rarely in the heat of the day. Now I'm starting to wonder about the consequences of not fixing it. It's not like the old days when a/c was an option and you could bypass the a/c compressor by getting the belt for a non-a/c vehicle.
So my questions are,
How much of a job is it to replace the accumulator?
What else MUST be replaced?
What are the consequences of not fixing it? Will the compressor eventually lock up?