Jon

Hi all I'm new to this group and mostly live in alt.fan.landrover.

I want to get hold of a York A/C compressor from a scrapper. A friend
of mine has told me to look at Volvo's as they used this type for a
while. The problem is I dont know what model or age to look at. A
quick look around the local scrap yard revealed many volvo's but none
with A/C.

I am in the UK.

Hope you can help.

Thanks.
Jon

James Sweet

"Jon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all I'm new to this group and mostly live in alt.fan.landrover.
>
> I want to get hold of a York A/C compressor from a scrapper. A friend
> of mine has told me to look at Volvo's as they used this type for a
> while. The problem is I dont know what model or age to look at. A
> quick look around the local scrap yard revealed many volvo's but none
> with A/C.
>
> I am in the UK.
>
> Hope you can help.
>
> Thanks.
> Jon

Over here all the pre-85 240's with A/C had the York compressor and most of
them had it. A/C became standard on all Volvos in '86 here but they all had
Diesel-Kiki compressors at least up to as recent as I've dealt with. I
suspect a 240 with A/C old enough to have a York compressor would be quite
rare in the UK and if you do find one it's likely that the 22+ year old
compressor will need some work.

Jon

>Over here all the pre-85 240's with A/C had the York compressor and most of
>them had it. A/C became standard on all Volvos in '86 here but they all had
>Diesel-Kiki compressors at least up to as recent as I've dealt with. I
>suspect a 240 with A/C old enough to have a York compressor would be quite
>rare in the UK and if you do find one it's likely that the 22+ year old
>compressor will need some work.
>

OK, many thanks. I guess I'll just need to be patient, or find
somehting else!

Thanks again.
Jon

James Sweet

"Jon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> >Over here all the pre-85 240's with A/C had the York compressor and most
of
> >them had it. A/C became standard on all Volvos in '86 here but they all
had
> >Diesel-Kiki compressors at least up to as recent as I've dealt with. I
> >suspect a 240 with A/C old enough to have a York compressor would be
quite
> >rare in the UK and if you do find one it's likely that the 22+ year old
> >compressor will need some work.
> >
>
> OK, many thanks. I guess I'll just need to be patient, or find
> somehting else!
>


What do you need the compressor for? I know I've seen someplace that sells
rebuilt ones.

Jon

Its to go into my Landrover to use as an onboard air compressor.

I currently have a Sanden one but this was designed to use the
refrigerant as lubricant. Consequently now I need to periodically
feed oil into the compressor - this isnt a real problem but for the
oil in the air etc etc.

Whilst the oil trap catches most of it...

A York compressor with integral oil sump and traditional piston design
would be better.

Cost is also a factor, hence on the lookout for one off a scrapper.
There is a place in the states (on eBay) that does them for about $200
- $300. Too expensive!

Thanks
Jon

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:29:24 GMT, "James Sweet"
<jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Jon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:geufh1l7dm52nh0s2o4f01qn8fojm4mfc8@4ax.com...
>>
>> >Over here all the pre-85 240's with A/C had the York compressor and most
>of
>> >them had it. A/C became standard on all Volvos in '86 here but they all
>had
>> >Diesel-Kiki compressors at least up to as recent as I've dealt with. I
>> >suspect a 240 with A/C old enough to have a York compressor would be
>quite
>> >rare in the UK and if you do find one it's likely that the 22+ year old
>> >compressor will need some work.
>> >
>>
>> OK, many thanks. I guess I'll just need to be patient, or find
>> somehting else!
>>
>
>
>What do you need the compressor for? I know I've seen someplace that sells
>rebuilt ones.
>

James Sweet

"Jon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Its to go into my Landrover to use as an onboard air compressor.
>
> I currently have a Sanden one but this was designed to use the
> refrigerant as lubricant. Consequently now I need to periodically
> feed oil into the compressor - this isnt a real problem but for the
> oil in the air etc etc.
>
> Whilst the oil trap catches most of it...
>
> A York compressor with integral oil sump and traditional piston design
> would be better.
>
> Cost is also a factor, hence on the lookout for one off a scrapper.
> There is a place in the states (on eBay) that does them for about $200
> - $300. Too expensive!
>

Hmm, I think they were used on quite a few domestic vehicles here, never
really looked for one but I can have a peek the next time I'm at a junkyard.
I think shipping to there might be prohibitively expensive though. I have
one in my 240 but it's serving it's intended purpose so I'm gonna leave it
there :)


Hey actually I just looked on ebay, there's quite a few of them but again
there's the shipping issue.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/York-...spagenameZWDVW

Jon

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:45:36 GMT, "James Sweet"
<jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Jon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:9prnh1pdnunl2ge83gudls1h1naops7jiq@4ax.com...
>> Its to go into my Landrover to use as an onboard air compressor.
>>
>> I currently have a Sanden one but this was designed to use the
>> refrigerant as lubricant. Consequently now I need to periodically
>> feed oil into the compressor - this isnt a real problem but for the
>> oil in the air etc etc.
>>
>> Whilst the oil trap catches most of it...
>>
>> A York compressor with integral oil sump and traditional piston design
>> would be better.
>>
>> Cost is also a factor, hence on the lookout for one off a scrapper.
>> There is a place in the states (on eBay) that does them for about $200
>> - $300. Too expensive!
>>
>
>Hmm, I think they were used on quite a few domestic vehicles here, never
>really looked for one but I can have a peek the next time I'm at a junkyard.
>I think shipping to there might be prohibitively expensive though. I have
>one in my 240 but it's serving it's intended purpose so I'm gonna leave it
>there :)
>
>
>Hey actually I just looked on ebay, there's quite a few of them but again
>there's the shipping issue.
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/York-...spagenameZWDVW
>

Thanks for this, as you say shipping is really prohibitive. I will
need to keep a look out for old 240's here with A/C.

Thanks
Jon

James Sweet

> >
> >Hey actually I just looked on ebay, there's quite a few of them but again
> >there's the shipping issue.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/York-...-Compressor-Cl
utch_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33543QQitemZ7996822206QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDV
W
> >
>
> Thanks for this, as you say shipping is really prohibitive. I will
> need to keep a look out for old 240's here with A/C.
>
> Thanks
> Jon

I read that Mercedes also used them, I suspect it might be easier to find an
old one of those with A/C, they were also used in Jeeps, not sure if you got
those.

Jon

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:02:33 GMT, "James Sweet"
<jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>> >
>> >Hey actually I just looked on ebay, there's quite a few of them but again
>> >there's the shipping issue.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/York-...-Compressor-Cl
>utch_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33543QQitemZ7996822206QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDV
>W
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for this, as you say shipping is really prohibitive. I will
>> need to keep a look out for old 240's here with A/C.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jon
>
>I read that Mercedes also used them, I suspect it might be easier to find an
>old one of those with A/C, they were also used in Jeeps, not sure if you got
>those.
>

Jeeps of the relevant age will be more scare than the preverbial
rocking horse doo da's!! I will keep an eye out for the Merc's though
as we have lots of them (relatively speaking!).

Thanks
Jon

James Sweet

>
> Jeeps of the relevant age will be more scare than the preverbial
> rocking horse doo da's!! I will keep an eye out for the Merc's though
> as we have lots of them (relatively speaking!).
>
> Thanks
> Jon


Kinda interesting, here 80's jeeps are everywhere, the Cherokee was very
popular in the mid 80's through the early 90s.