A/C Condensor Punctured - Page 5

audibleforce · 07-23-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by distrbd

After reading all these posts on punctured A/C I decided to follow the procedure written by ndoelling with a couple of differences,I didn't use any tie wraps at all and made the wire mesh longer and wider so I can bend the ends of it and screw it to the grill,the whole thing took 2-3 hours but it was certainly worth it.

Very Nice. Im definitely going to do this now that I will have to take off the bumper.

The only bad thing is that pictures of my car might end up in the Ricer thread

I never realized until now, how much crap we have on our freeways out here in Cali to get the condenser punctured twice.

audibleforce · 07-23-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Retread

Same thing just happened to my EX Coupe. $740 for the dealer to fix. Good thread here with lot's of good info. I will get this fixed myself, or elsewhere rather than the dealer.
I found a condenser on line for $95 shipped.

On which website did you find the condenser for $95?

SIchodelic · 07-23-2008, 08:42 PM

bump on where to find the condenser. Mine has been broken for over 1.5 years...living in 100* cali weather with no AC...boooo. I even made numerous threads about this on 8th, a couple got locked because I was so mad at Honda...lol

distrbd · 07-23-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SIchodelic

bump on where to find the condenser. Mine has been broken for over 1.5 years...living in 100* cali weather with no AC...boooo. I even made numerous threads about this on 8th, a couple got locked because I was so mad at Honda...lol

So your A/C system hasn't been a sealed system for over a year?
I have heard that if you wait too long, moisture will get in to the system ,whether it's going to cost more to flush it out I don't know.

SIchodelic · 07-23-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by distrbd

So your A/C system hasn't been a sealed system for over a year?
I have heard that if you wait too long, moisture will get in to the system ,whether it's going to cost more to flush it out I don't know.

DOH! are you serious? All from a tiny rock piercing the condenser?

distrbd · 07-23-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SIchodelic

DOH! are you serious? All from a tiny rock piercing the condenser?

That's what I was told,but it does make sense ,may be someone more knowledgeable about a/c system can chime in and shed some light on the subject.

yelo · 09-01-2008, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Doolie77

Here are some pics with some info on how I did it. I'm sorry the pictures are not the greatest, but show the basic steps. Should only take an hour or so to do and could save you hundreds of dollars if your car is a daily driver on a busy interstate like mine is. $6 dollars for the 1/4" galvanised hardware cloth (mesh) and I had the ty-wraps laying around.
Standing up and looking down at the car from 5 - 8 feet away, the deep grill slots make the mesh hard to see. Farther away, it is still hard to see.

[Pic removed to save space; it's on the first page]

Used your instructions today on my MT 07 NHBP LX Sedan. Looks reasonable, and should save my condenser from any rocks. Thanks!

whitecivicsi · 09-09-2008, 01:45 AM

I did this today after replacing my condenser...the condenser install was pretty easy.

I used zip ties instead of tap screws. also i painted the mesh flat black to hide it alittle. hopefully this doesn't happen again.

also, did the lexan lens replacement. foglights

:)

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07-23-2008, 08:42 PM	#83 (permalink)
SIchodelic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 22 Posts: 1,116 Nam iTrader: 1 / 100%	bump on where to find the condenser. Mine has been broken for over 1.5 years...living in 100* cali weather with no AC...boooo. I even made numerous threads about this on 8th, a couple got locked because I was so mad at Honda...lol

09-09-2008, 01:45 AM	#88 (permalink)
whitecivicsi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,653 iTrader: 14 / 100%	I did this today after replacing my condenser...the condenser install was pretty easy. I used zip ties instead of tap screws. also i painted the mesh flat black to hide it alittle. hopefully this doesn't happen again. also, did the lexan lens replacement. foglights :)