# Who says that A/C repair isn't DIY? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221 "2021-06-03T19:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/1 "2021-06-03T19:31:16Z")
This guy seems to have figured out the solution very well! Of course, his vision to the right is impaired, but… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/e/1e2f7ba5f9a2777251c92dec46ec79eee654d467.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/2 "2021-06-03T19:57:18Z")
Where is the generator, penny wise and pound foolish I think ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/3 "2021-06-03T20:01:53Z")
Assuming that is not a Photo Shop job, I could see that A/C becoming an unguided missile in the event of a collision. Decapitated by a window unit… When I wrecked my Corvette someone found my right front headlight assembly with 6 feet of attached wiring over a block away. Imagine how far that A/C unit would travel… ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/4 "2021-06-03T20:18:43Z")
If the minivan is a Chrysler product and the air conditioner is a Chrysler AirTemp, it’s an easy bolt in fix. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/5 "2021-06-03T20:27:02Z")
I seem to remember a similar setup with the generator on a hitch-mount platform. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/6 "2021-06-03T20:33:03Z")
I remember years ago seeing a similar set up in Oklahoma City with the unit being mounted in the back window of Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/7 "2021-06-03T20:34:30Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > Where is the generator, penny wise and pound foolish I think Perhaps you will like this one better… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/7/9760b7ab2c41b0c925dcabb52c6785e8b19cf163.jpeg) … or maybe this one… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/d/ed5f28599be243bef089f029bd67070cb34f6e3b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/who-says-that-a-c-repair-isnt-diy/177221/8 "2021-06-03T21:05:04Z")
Well in the old days driving through Wyoming when it was about 110 out, woulda done just about anything. Used wet towels to cool off just like in the restaurant kitchen. I remember seeing a few of those evaporator coolers hanging out of windows with some jealousy. Times have changed in 50 years I guess. My cousin was making those coolers that hang around your neck to send to the boys and girls serving in the mid-east. That’s gotta be worse than Wyoming. I can kinda hear the conversation though: “Harry I’m not going anywhere in that hot car until you fix the air conditioning.” OK, fixed. I remember back about 1978 we didn’t have AC in our house and the in laws were coming to visit in July. Yeah wife said we are getting air. $1000 AC special installed just in time for in laws. Gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em.