Diagnosis and Part Selection Advice:

How did you know this part needed replacement? Why did you choose a certain brand/part number?


Damaged in an accident- it was obvious it had to be replaced. The car is old, wasn't very fussy about the brand.

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Part Comments

What came in the box? Were additional nuts, bolts, sealant, etc. needed for the repair?

A/C condenser itself, with nice little rubber plugs covering the connection points. Did not come with any screws, such as the ones that mount it to the radiator.

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Repair / Installation tips:

Special tools needed? Have to remove other parts to reach this one? Any left-hand threads, sharp edges, messy fluids or other pitfalls to avoid?

If your vehicle has the external transaxle cooler, the little one mounted on the front left side of the A/C condenser, you have to cut off four little plastic retainers that go *through* the condenser vanes. To find the replacements, Google for "Hayden Quik-Mount" and order part 210: it's about $10 - includes four long plastic rods, ends that snap on, plus little rubber-esque vibration pads. You cannot do this job without them.

And if you have the transaxle cooler, it's not easy to remove the condenser by itself - I removed the whole radiator + A/C assembly as a whole, and put the new ones in that way.