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So I have been working on a fix for my 1988 Verde. I purchased the car last April with 82,000.
I have been fixing some small items since. I have posted many photos of my Milano on this forum.
It was in good shape, original gray paint, in great shape. Redone seats and headliner, and upgraded suspension and wheels.
After I replaced the front window motors, and all the square orange switches. Plus all the window switches. And got all the switch lights working.
Then the A/C that had worked well after a recharge, started working intermittently. We checked all the obvious Parts. Compressor, leaks, safety switch on the compressor, that shuts the compressor down if it is low on Freon. Nothing was found to be at fault. The A/C would work for a few days, and then no cold air. Finally a air conditioning specialist found that the dial control on the control panel in the car (the one on the far right, that controls the compressor) was working intermittently. So what to do, after calling and searching everywhere. I found out that, they are not available new/NOS. So I purchased a couple of used A/C panels. With the intention of having my mechanic exchange the one dial from the used panel with the defective one on the panel in my car.
It is a few hours job to pull the center console and the radio out.
Then the phone call came. My mechanic discovered that the entire dashboard had to come out. To place the temperature sensor tube up into the condenser behind the dash. So what to do.
I asked, Can we bypass the defective dial on the panel with a simple on and off toggle switch mounted next to my power mirror switch on my center console. Yes we can was the answer.
And that is was what was done in only 3 1/2 hours labor instead of over six hours.
I have been fixing some small items since. I have posted many photos of my Milano on this forum.
It was in good shape, original gray paint, in great shape. Redone seats and headliner, and upgraded suspension and wheels.
After I replaced the front window motors, and all the square orange switches. Plus all the window switches. And got all the switch lights working.
Then the A/C that had worked well after a recharge, started working intermittently. We checked all the obvious Parts. Compressor, leaks, safety switch on the compressor, that shuts the compressor down if it is low on Freon. Nothing was found to be at fault. The A/C would work for a few days, and then no cold air. Finally a air conditioning specialist found that the dial control on the control panel in the car (the one on the far right, that controls the compressor) was working intermittently. So what to do, after calling and searching everywhere. I found out that, they are not available new/NOS. So I purchased a couple of used A/C panels. With the intention of having my mechanic exchange the one dial from the used panel with the defective one on the panel in my car.
It is a few hours job to pull the center console and the radio out.
Then the phone call came. My mechanic discovered that the entire dashboard had to come out. To place the temperature sensor tube up into the condenser behind the dash. So what to do.
I asked, Can we bypass the defective dial on the panel with a simple on and off toggle switch mounted next to my power mirror switch on my center console. Yes we can was the answer.
And that is was what was done in only 3 1/2 hours labor instead of over six hours.
