Rarely soldered? How the hell you resealing the lines when you replace a
compressor....JB Weld?
"Abe" wrote in message
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Any special tools? Do they come sealed with freon inside or something?
Compression fitting or what? Fridge is 3-5 years old, stainless steel
Kitchenaid Superba.
Yes, it requires a special vacuum pump and holding container to
evacuate the old compressor and charge the new one (they don't come
pre charged). You also need some special refrigerant lubricant. The
fittings can be gotten at any good appliance parts store. As to what
fittings you need, look at how the current compressor is installed,
and look at what the new compressor requires. You can figure from that
out what fittings you'll need. There can (rarely) possibly be some
soldering involved. There's also some technique involved in charging
up the new compressor (must be done slowly).

It's really not cost effective for the do it yourselfer, unless you
can rent the equipment cheap.