[DeTomaso] A/C Compressor for Pantera built in 1988

[Peter Havlik]

Julian:

The first replacement compressor lasted for a few years before packing it in, and the second replacement from NAPA undoubtedly died because it was a piece of junk. The a/c guys who put it in were clucking their disapproval the whole time, pointing out the rust inside. I told them to put it in anyway because I was pressed for time and did not want to wait weeks for a replacement. Of course, they were right and I should have listened to them.

I had the whole system inspected and flushed before I put the last compressor in. I was assured it was all in good order.

- Peter


On 2012-06-07, at 1:05 PM, Julian Kift wrote:

> Peter,
>  
> I have nothing to offer on sourcing of a replacement, but I find it hard to believe statistically that all the bad compressors can end up in a small corner of BC, especially when one considers that A/C use in that part of the World is probably all of one week a year... ah maybe that's the problem. Anyway, it sounds from your note like you may have some other root cause leading to the premature compressor failures.
>  
> Good luck,
> Julian
>  
> > From: peterhavlik at me.com
> > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 11:37:44 -0700
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] A/C Compressor for Pantera built in 1988
> > 
> > I am looking for an a/c compressor for my Pantera, which was built between April and June, 1988 with a Windsor engine. I believe the original compressor was sourced by De Tomaso from either Ford Europe or Australia, because the numbers on it were incomprehensible to all the Ford Canada parts guys I have talked to. When it failed, I managed to replace it with a 1988 Ford F-150 pickup compressor, which then duly failed too, subsequent to which NAPA managed to track down a rebuilt one that lasted all of 4 hours before seizing up (much to the amusement of Mike Drew, who was in the passenger seat at the time as I began screaming and crying like a little girl that my car was on fire when the smoke from the melting fan belt began pouring out of the engine compartment).
> > 
> > I am now told that 1988 Ford F-150 compressors are no longer available anywhere in the vee belt configuration that I require. Even the guys at Vintage Air could not help me.
> > 
> > Apparently Ford F-150s are such an exceedingly rare vehicle (watch for them at Pebble Beach any day now), that it is easier to find an abandoned Ferrari Enzo than a F-150 compressor.
> > 
> > Any help or advice with regard to the procurement of this part would be greatly appreciated.
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