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Originally Posted by ted
Soon there may be fewer shops for an AC mech, sure there will be shops in big cities that hire green AC mechs.
There after you get some seniority you can do clutch jobs all day if you are lucky.
But all you need is one collector with a dozen or more cars to keep you fully employed. The really good AC mechs can pick their own clients.
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For an G body 911 especially!
One of my local friends has a 82 911 SC and like all G body 911s had embarrassingly anemic AC from the factory. He went to the biggest Porsche specialist shop in town, and spent a lot of money, and ended up with a slight improvement and just a large invoice. He tried a second shop, and they did not really help.
He does not work on his SC himself. He just struggled to get to Palm Springs and back with the anemic AC. I felt bad telling him about the fantastic AC performance of my 85 911 due to the Charlie Griffith's Mr. Ice setup of 4 condensers, all new hoses, and variable speed fan controller, and temp controller and hurricane fan. 37 degree in 107 heat was wonderful. I had to do my install all myself, but it was easy.
That AC system is what brought me to Pelican. I read every AC thread in the tech section, and decided Charlie's system was the way to go. I am super happy that all these years later my AC kicks the heat out and makes me cold when it is well into triple digit temps.