Here in the U.S. we use rebuilt compressors all the time, and they last
roughly as long as new ones. A rebuilt is better than the one you have now,
is it not? But how will you get a remanufactured compressor in France?
Shipping is expensive. I recently paid 29 Euro to get a 9 DVD set weighing
only a kilo shipped from Spain. I suppose that the compressor you want is
about five kilos. I strongly recommend that you try to find this part from
a French vendor too, because of warranty issues. A Prelude for the French
market might have used a different compressor from an American model, too.

One of my Spanish friends told me that shopping trips are arranged, for
people to fly from Europe, where clothes are really expensive, to spend a
couple of days in New York, filling up their suitcases with relatively
inexpensive and stylish American clothing. If you were coming on holiday,
it would be no great trick to find the compressor you wanted, and slip it
into your suitcase. I don't know how airport security would react though,
or French customs. Sometimes, you will find what you want in another
country, at a very attractive price, but getting it home, that is the
problem!

Some American vendors of auto parts:
www.autozone.com
www.schucks.com
www.napaonline.com
A very good American source for AC components:
http://www.acsource.com

Earle

"Philippe MÉRY" <mery-ph@-discret-ifrance.com> wrote in message
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> Hello from France
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> on Prelude 3° gen the AC compressor is dead :-(
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> We are in France and remanufacturing AC compressor is not usual not as in
Us
> or Canada...
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> Is it safe and reliable to look toward a remanufactured one?
> Some people in France says it is not a longlife plan...
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> If it is good plan.... Have you some companies beter than others in Us or
> Canada
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> Other whise have you some plan for new one (adaptable...)
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> Thanks
> Philippe
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> for responding please drop -discret- in my adress
> mery-ph@-discret-ifrance.com
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