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Air con/Auto Elecs remcommendations

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:02 am
by FTO84
Can anyone recommend somewhere in Brisbane I can take my car to have it's Air Conditioning system overhauled?

Am not sure what is wrong with it, I think the compressor is shot.. And don't want to have to sell a kidney to be able to get it fixed... Any suggestions?

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:02 am
by mr-charisma
you ever find anywhere to get it done?

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:19 am
by FTO84
Need to get the dye gas test done. Then once I have worked out where the probs are, silverGPX is gunna be my point of call I think... All will happen after my work hell ends and I have time for a social life again, perhaps by the end of May, who schedules 3 trials and 2 concerts in 2 months... seriously... :roll:

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:44 am
by mr-charisma
FTO84 wrote:Need to get the dye gas test done. Then once I have worked out where the probs are, silverGPX is gunna be my point of call I think... All will happen after my work hell ends and I have time for a social life again, perhaps by the end of May, who schedules 3 trials and 2 concerts in 2 months... seriously... :roll:


you work in security?

Just in case;
I had some auto electrical work done by "CARS" at Rocklea (Craig's Automotive Repairs & Servicing) & they weren't too bad on price .. came in well under what everyone else was charging

Contact Details

Craig's Automotive Repairs & Services
Rocklea - Air Conditioning-Automotive

Contact Name: umm... Craig? :P

Address: 1463 Ipswich Road (Unit 21449)
Rocklea, QLD

Phone: 07 33738331

They might have moved buildings recently though, might need to call & check address if you decide to go with em..

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:34 am
by FTO84
Thanks man,

Nargh I work in Law as a day job, so prepping and attending trials is time consuming. I'm also a musician, so I've got some performances and a suitably crappy rehearsal schedule.

Lets just say the Merlo near work has had a spike in revenue :P

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:16 pm
by Dan25
Thread derail...

Are you a qualified lawyer or still a student working part-time?

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:18 pm
by I8A4RE
FTO84 wrote:Thanks man,

Nargh I work in Law as a day job, so prepping and attending trials is time consuming. I'm also a musician, so I've got some performances and a suitably crappy rehearsal schedule.

Lets just say the Merlo near work has had a spike in revenue :P
Thats handy to know, what type of law?

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:42 pm
by FTO84
Lol... no no no no no.. I am definately not a lawyer.

I studied law when I first left school, but, although I'm quite good at it, it's def not what I want to do for the rest of my life... So work as a high level Paralegal/clerk. In a nutshell, I can do a lawyer's work, but don't get paid neraly as much as lawyers do... :?

I am working in Professional Indemnity litigation, but finish here on the 21st. Then am taking a new role at a high level Corporate firm, in a marketing, PR and event management role. Pretty pumped about that.

I can give my opinion on some civil stuff (ie. can state factuals like the speed hump query in the gibberish corner the other day), but it's by no means a professional opinion or advice.. ***MEGA DISCLAIMER!!!!! :P

Hopefully the music work will support me one day - so come along to my crap... **Mega self-promotion** :P :D

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:13 pm
by mrmitsi88
what is defo wrong with a/c. because i had a few problems with mine i could give a helping hand to find the problem.

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:38 pm
by FTO84
It doesn't work.. lol

Nah I had it regassed, but that apparently didn't work, the guy said it was the compressor, but not exactly what was wrong with it... There was quite a language barrier, but he knew his Japanese cars... :P

Some part of the system also causes a clicking sound for about the first minute after start up. Behind the dash on the passenger side. I am hoping that they are one and the same and that fixing one will fix the other. It's not overly fast, probaly around 2.5 cicks per second.

The fans work etc, but it's been a bit crap in rain at night etc when you could really use cold air on the windscreen. :|

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:53 pm
by mr-charisma
FTO84 wrote:It doesn't work.. lol

Nah I had it regassed, but that apparently didn't work, the guy said it was the compressor, but not exactly what was wrong with it... There was quite a language barrier, but he knew his Japanese cars... :P

Some part of the system also causes a clicking sound for about the first minute after start up. Behind the dash on the passenger side. I am hoping that they are one and the same and that fixing one will fix the other. It's not overly fast, probaly around 2.5 cicks per second.

The fans work etc, but it's been a bit crap in rain at night etc when you could really use cold air on the windscreen. :|
I had the clicking sound on startup a while ago, and the aircon was playing up a little bit, but then it came good again & the clicking stopped..

I could never find where the clicking was actually coming from exactly, so I just had to play around with all the cables & near where the aircon vents are behind the centre console etc.. so i guess i must have done something right for it to be gone now.. just not sure what it was. :?

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:19 pm
by maggsy
i also have the clicking problem at start-up, but its been doing it for like a year now so i just sorta live with it...it would be good to get it fixed though.