AC

[Kieran A. Lavin]

I looked over my FSM a bit in preperation to do Jen's AC... anyone
know if there's a risk of swapping the AC compressor without charging
the system?  I'm wondering because HA-53 states that a lack of
lubricant leads to a seized compressor.  Is the 'lubricant' mentioned
the RA-134 refrigerant or is it referring to lubricant within the
compressor?  What I was planning on doing was to do the swap from old
to new parts over two or three weekends as I have time rather than all
in one shot.  I'm not sure that I'd have the time and/or patience to
do it all at once.  I was going to start by replacing the compressor
and just plugging any refrigerant in/out ports in the compressor.
Then replace condenser/dryer and other components maybe another
weekend and then maybe hoses and o-rings/misc bs another weekend.  So
maybe three weekends total... feasible?

TIA
kieran