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Compressed air can be risky, if you blow off the hoses (that's what happened to one of mine I discovered not long after buying it) then the water just drains into the cabin. Not fun trying to clean that up.

There's a number of posts on here if you search for "sun roof drain" that detail cleaning them out as well as fixing them. Short of it is you need to drop the roof liner in the front at least to be able to get to the drains in the sunroof itself, and then the outlets are down at the firewall for...

I don't think you want to increase the flow rate of the coolant, if it can't spend enough time either absorbing or releasing heat then you may end up with issues. The radiators are small as it is and reducing the amount of time the coolant is in there will very likely hurt more than help. I...

I could see it going either way, but as mentioned before it's going to be a more niche market, especially now that Ford has a relatively decent alternative to the Wrangler out in the shape of a Bronco. For me personally, since I have done it before, if I keep the H3 for very long I will likely...

At 100 degrees ambient, I wouldn't be surprised to see it that high, especially if you're blasting the AC. For mine the 3/4 mark is about 220 degrees which is not abnormal when running AC in that high of temps. Even with the AC broken and I was towing a small trailer in 100 temps I was getting...

It kills me how expensive those are.

Looked on Rock Auto again, sure enough if you look under the 09 H3 it has both driers listed. Apparently my problem is I replaced the condeser with the 2nd design since that is all that is available from GM now. That's pretty frustrating but what can you do.

I checked several places and only came up with the first part #. Mine is an 08 Alpha. Maybe it comes up under the 09+? I already have a new Denso condenser on the way from Rock Auto so it won't be worth it to try sending it back now. Thanks for finding that though.

I did not go to a shop. So the replacement OEM GM drier arrived (part # 25901981) and it too is NOT the correct fit for the factory condenser. I have no idea why you can't seem to get a replacement drier/accumulator from GM for the factory condenser. So apparently I just need to buy an entire...

Well, no one has the drier in stock nearby. Closest is AZ. Not paying dealer prices plus overnight at this point so I'll just go without AC for this trip and finish repairing it after I get back. Now to go plug up all the lines to keep dust out, even though I am going to do a flush. Best to keep...

Well, crud. Got the old compressor out and the new one in, then went to start getting ready to flush all the lines and the condenser and evaporator and decided to pull out the new drier/accumulator I picked up last weekend and just noticed that the one I bought is apparently NOT correct for the...

So it keeps nagging on me about maybe replacing the compressor. It's at nearly 200K miles and I just went back through the previous owner's notes and saw he replaced the evaporator and the TEV, so that combined with my replacing the condenser makes me think there's likely been enough going on...

I used one when I was much younger. Haven't bothered to in quite a while. Not sure what even happened to my old one. I just stick to around 5 over. Don't see the point in spending several hundred dollars on something that isn't guaranteed. I need that money for parts! Dash cam's on the other...

I'd rather wait till more of the OD bushings were in stock than pay double for something like that. Nearly $400 for 3 bushings? That's nuts. Most of the cost looks to be the fact they're machining the sleeves on a lathe instead of just having them formed from sheet. If it's that dire of a need...

So here's the expansion valve after emptying the system and disconnecting the pipes: Fortunately the oil looks to be in OK shape, no particles or discoloration there. When I got the compressor loose I did find the oil was a bit darker, but nothing that looked bad enough to make me want to...

Got the rest of it apart today. Started to try to remove the compressor completely but realized all I needed to really do was turn it upside down to drain the oil. When I did that though barely anything came out, despite turning the rotor several times. Guessing that is why there was so much oil...

Picked up all the parts I need today (hopefully). New expansion valve and drier/accumulator (even though I replaced the condenser/accumulator a few years ago). Also have to replace the high pressure port since it just used that dumb rubber ball or whatever to seal and it got wrecked this last...

Fun times. AC was starting to barely work during city driving. Today it decided to stop working period. Seems like the charge was low, only getting 10psi on the low side and at first only 50 psi on the high side. Started filling it back up and the high side shot up to 250psi eventually and then...