[boosted300's RB 240Z]

59 minutes ago, boosted300 said:

So the new year rolled around, and the cold weather was still hanging around so I decided I better address the AC sooner rather than later...

 

Took it to a place called Kiki's Automotive that had gotten strong word of mouth for quality AC work.  

 

 

The owner and his son couldn't have been any nicer to me.  

 

Sensing how nervous I was about anyone touching my car, they cleared out a space, worked on it personally rather than have one of their mechanics do it, and treated me and my car like serious VIP's.  And most importantly for me, they allowed me to remain in the work area and hover over them while they touched my baby.  

 

They first vacuumed the system and, perhaps most importantly...it held vacuum.  No leaks!  

 

Now that I knew they system was sealed, all they had to do was charge it and I would finally have AC in my car!

 

Or so I thought....

 

With the system fully charged, I started the car to feel the magic of cold air pass through the ventilation system for the first time and...nothing...

 

We looked at the compressor and it wasn't kicking on.  

 

Now this is where I will admit ignorance about AC systems...the owner told me that the two different gauges had to equalize, or something along those lines, and they weren't equalizing...I had no clue what that meant, but according to them there was some sort of blockage in the system.  

 

He believed it was the expansion valve (which I have no clue what that does)...long story short they swapped out a new one annnnnnd....nothing...

 

This whole process took most of the day and it was now closing time for them.  

 

The owner said that he wanted to swap the dryer next as process of elimination to find the blockage, but since it was late, and the weekend...he told me to come back on another day when they could focus on it the whole day...

 

The dream of air conditioning still eluded me...

 

I love the car, what paint code is that? Is it a factory color 903 or 115?