Robert,

the new compressor costs about 317 $/Euro here in Austria.
The company I bought it was Ginner (www.ginner.at) in Vienna four years
ago.
Ask for Mister Kurz.
Good A/C companies repair all compressors.

I bought the Sanden 7H15 which repalces the 709 to fill R134a.

Harald

Graz/Austria

�88 Caravelle CL syncro with drive shaft decoupler and 112 HP waterboxer

On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:36:50 +0200, Robert Steven Fish
<fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT> wrote:

>True... I am shopping at the wrong place.
>
>At the VW dealer, in Austria (Europe).  Clutch and compressor together
costs
>around 900 Euro!
>
>Seems that all the A/C parts are dirt cheap in the States though.  Sorry
for
>the misinformation.  I should have mentioned where I was checking the
prices
>from.
>
>See ya,
>
>RSF
>
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>Robert S. Fish
>Salzburg, Austria
>1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
>1987 Golf Cabriolet
>1991 Golf
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:57 AM
>Subject: Re: A/C compressors rebuildable?
>
>
>> > Cheaper to replace it???
>> > The compressor costs like 1000 bucks new!!!!
>> > Anything is cheaper than replacing the compressor.
>>
>>
>>
>> Then you're shopping at the wrong place.
>>
>> I have brand new (not rebuilt) original-equipment Vanagon A/C
compressors,
>> complete with clutch, for around $300. Your Vanagon takes an SD709 -
$314
>> with listmember discount
>>
>> - Ron Salmon
>>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>   (215) 234-VWVW
>>   www.busdepot.com
>>
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