Anyone have experience with Pitstopauto.com?
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Anyone have experience with Pitstopauto.com?
I bought an A/C compressor from pitstopauto.com because it was cheap ($168)... but now I have a twinge in my gut that makes me wonder if it was a mistake. I probably should have asked around here first.
SO... anyone ever buy parts from them? What was your experience?
Bill Casey
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SO... anyone ever buy parts from them? What was your experience?
Bill Casey
1984 F150,
5.0/302
Factory Air
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You used a credit card correct? Should be no problem if it's a dud. All places sell junk once in awhile.
I just bought a "rebuilt" Cardone distributor for my ranger pickup. The truck would jerk and miss when it was hot. Pulled the "rebuilt" dist out and tore it apart. They never took it apart. Still had old gummy carbon and oil on the shaft, the pickup module was old and never replaced, they just cleaned it up on the outside and called it "rebuilt". It wasn't cheap either.
I cleaned it up, had a new pickup module there so I put it in and now I have a good dist. I wasn't going to take it back and trade it in on another piece of junk. It's too much of a pain to take in and out.
I just bought a "rebuilt" Cardone distributor for my ranger pickup. The truck would jerk and miss when it was hot. Pulled the "rebuilt" dist out and tore it apart. They never took it apart. Still had old gummy carbon and oil on the shaft, the pickup module was old and never replaced, they just cleaned it up on the outside and called it "rebuilt". It wasn't cheap either.
I cleaned it up, had a new pickup module there so I put it in and now I have a good dist. I wasn't going to take it back and trade it in on another piece of junk. It's too much of a pain to take in and out.
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Dave - Yes, I used a credit card. And I agree about the occasional "dud". No one is perfect, so I don't expect whole groups of people (companies) to be any "perfecter." 
I had looked up reviews online for the website. There were almost 800 reviews and nearly all of them were 4 or 5 stars... which is a good rating with probably some weight behind it... especially since people are more likely to give bad ratings than good ones.
I actually bought a kit that includes the Compressor, orifice tube, drier, o-rings and PAG oil. Don't know why I got that sinking feeling after I bought it. Maybe just dreading doing the work and possibly having to do it all again. Maybe the deal seems too good to be true... $168 shipped...
Fingers crossed, though!
I had looked up reviews online for the website. There were almost 800 reviews and nearly all of them were 4 or 5 stars... which is a good rating with probably some weight behind it... especially since people are more likely to give bad ratings than good ones.
I actually bought a kit that includes the Compressor, orifice tube, drier, o-rings and PAG oil. Don't know why I got that sinking feeling after I bought it. Maybe just dreading doing the work and possibly having to do it all again. Maybe the deal seems too good to be true... $168 shipped...
Fingers crossed, though!
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If you are going to clean the whole system out really good and get all the old r12 oil out, then you can use the PAG oil. If you are going to just put it together, pull a vacuum on it, and then put in the r134a, I would use ester oil. It works better with systems that have some old r12 style oil still in them. All the retro-fit kits use ester oil.
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The truck was converted to R134a about 15 years ago. I do plan on flushing the system components that aren't being replaced (lines, evaporator, and condenser).
After leak testing and pulling a vacuum for 30 minutes or so, I'm going to charge the new compressor system with R152a at 80% of the R134a capacity. I was talking to some AC folks and they said that PAG oil would be the thing to use with R152a...
I'm still researching that, but needless to say, I'm going to be very sure of capacities and oil types before taking the plunge, though.
After leak testing and pulling a vacuum for 30 minutes or so, I'm going to charge the new compressor system with R152a at 80% of the R134a capacity. I was talking to some AC folks and they said that PAG oil would be the thing to use with R152a...
I'm still researching that, but needless to say, I'm going to be very sure of capacities and oil types before taking the plunge, though.
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