I wasn't the OP, but that was my story about the clutch assembly.
I agree it was overcharging especially given we had complained about the
rough AC operaton for months/years/miles. The original quote was around
$1200 and included a compressor and the associated labor charges for the
evacuation and dryer.

I did get them to take some off and paid around $700 for the repair as I
recall. but I was very soured over that experience, and as I recall the
OP topic - every repair or replacement part for the LW series.

So far the 2002 Outlook has been good.

"Bob Shuman" > wrote in
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> Perhaps it was the compressor that froze up and not just the clutch
> assembly. In that case the full evacuation procedure would be needed
> and the dryer replaced too. Otherwise, I agree with you completely
> that the OP was over charged.
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> Bob
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> "Oppie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> That sounds like they replaced the entire compressor and evacuated /
>> recharged the system. I had a car that they tried to do that on me. I
>> just bought a clutch assembly and replaced it myself. Worked very
>> nicely.
>>
>> "Steph" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Fwiw, before I dumped my LW-200 the A/C clutch assembly went out.
>>> It was a $1k+ repair.
>>>
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