Originally Posted By: gabriel9766
Originally Posted By: tomcruise
Originally Posted By: gabriel9766
Originally Posted By: tomcruise
My neighbor has had this Ford Taurus sitting in front of his house for over a year on Jack stands. It was his mom's and just needed an AC compressor. She decided to finally sell it so I picked it up for $300! It only has 87k miles and is in decent shape overall. Some of you may recall I have a long commute, so that is what it'll be used for. Yesterday amd today. I replaced the compressor (not fun), changed the oil, got new tires, and cleaned it up. Trans drain and fill and brakes are on the agenda for tomorrow.
Here it is
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nice score, i have an 03 ses with the 3.0 vulcan i picked up 4 $1,800 back in December. It also needs needs an a/c clutch. A/C blows ice cold but the clutch likes to rattle if the A/C is not on. I've got a few small leaks ( oil pan and p.s pump ) along with some rust on the LR wheel well. But the taurus is my beater car and the Malibu is my DD.
I decided to buy the whole compressor because the price of a clutch was too close to not just change it. Plus it's such a pain to get out that I didn't want to have to do it twice.
Here's the old one. Look at the clutch! It was banging on everything, making all kinds of noise.
thts how my clutch is but not tht bad yet. The p.s pump is leaking on the compressor. so eventually i plan on changing out the p.s pump and since i have to take it off to do the compressor ill just change out the whole compressor to while im in there.
Worth it for sure.