Vehicle cooling and warming systems, also known as air conditioners, are desirable technologies in vehicles. They provide a comfortable climate for the driver and passengers by keeping the cabin cool ...

Neil Thompson has been upgrading the 289 under the hood of his '66 coupe for quite some time. Current upgrades include a chrome alternator, an Edelbrock aluminum intake topped by a Holley four-barrel ...

How does a tech know the a/c compressor he or she is diagnosing is actually failed and that the problem is not a crankcase heater, condenser fan, or rubbed out wire? According to the contractors The ...

Article 440 applies to electrically driven air-conditioning (A/C) and refrigeration equipment. Each equipment manufacturer has the compressor motor built to its own specifications. The motors are ...

Last week, I posted an article about rebuilding the Behr “wingcell” (rotary vane) A/C compressor from the FrankenThirty (my salvage-titled 1988 BMW E30 3 Series). The idea was that the car isn’t worth ...

Air-conditioning compressors often last the life of a vehicle, but they can fail because bearings wear out, seals leak and long-term corrosion takes its toll, plus other factors. If a compressor does ...

OEMs, distributors, contractors, and technicians all have their eyes on December 31. That’s the date, per U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, after which newly manufactured or ...

Got an old air conditioning compressor lying around? And some engineering skills? Why not turn that thing into a real, working internal combustion engine? That's what one YouTuber did, and the result ...