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Letting a shop order the parts boils down to this almost ALL the time.
You pay retail or over retail for aftermarket parts. Instead you can buy OE parts for wholesale prices. It's a no brainer.
Here is an example for you:
Many shops just use the Advance Auto Part, AutoZone, or Oreilly's of the world for their parts. If not they use Napa or CarQuest. Here are the O'Reilly compressors for your car: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/search/A!s!C+Compressor/02645/C0354.oap?keyword=ac+compressor&year=1996&make=Lexus&model=LS400&vi=1187513
The Murray is $729 with the clutch. And Murray is complete and utter junk. The Denso compressor from RockAuto is $271 complete. Denso is the OE for most parts on your car. Can your dad argue with that?
Also, the entire clutch assembly is still available from Toyota. The P/N is 88410-60410. It's the entire clutch with the bearing. It's only $160 from a Lexus dealer in Pembroke Pines, FL that I use a lot. Their website is LPPParts.com. If your compressor works fine and it's leaking I would just replace the clutch assembly. If you let them, the shop will rake you up and down the coals man. That's what they're in business to do.
You pay retail or over retail for aftermarket parts. Instead you can buy OE parts for wholesale prices. It's a no brainer.
Here is an example for you:
Many shops just use the Advance Auto Part, AutoZone, or Oreilly's of the world for their parts. If not they use Napa or CarQuest. Here are the O'Reilly compressors for your car: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/search/A!s!C+Compressor/02645/C0354.oap?keyword=ac+compressor&year=1996&make=Lexus&model=LS400&vi=1187513
The Murray is $729 with the clutch. And Murray is complete and utter junk. The Denso compressor from RockAuto is $271 complete. Denso is the OE for most parts on your car. Can your dad argue with that?
Also, the entire clutch assembly is still available from Toyota. The P/N is 88410-60410. It's the entire clutch with the bearing. It's only $160 from a Lexus dealer in Pembroke Pines, FL that I use a lot. Their website is LPPParts.com. If your compressor works fine and it's leaking I would just replace the clutch assembly. If you let them, the shop will rake you up and down the coals man. That's what they're in business to do.
haha that wasnt my video. that was a video soemone else had posted on youtube and had basically the same/smilar noises as I was hearing from the same engine bay areas. mine doesnt wobble that much. nowhere near that much. mine barely wobbles. However, i'll definitely take another look at mine when I see her again on friday.
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