Perennial A/C problems Posted July 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

I took Friday off and journeyed down to Dothan to have my Supra’s air conditioning serviced by Lafayette Automotive on the Circle, slightly east of Highway 431. Lafayette worked on the car slightly over a year ago and found a crushed gasket or O-ring that was preventing the compressor from switching on. This year, they found a leak around the sight glass on what I gather was the receiver-drier unit. The fix was much more costly this time around. A sign on the wall rather bluntly stated that the cost of R-134a has risen 400% in the past six months and prices were adjusted accordingly. Ouch.