Fixing a 21 year old system that has been out of commission for months for a Grandmother

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Replacing a condenser fan motor and evaporator coil on a Nordyne system.
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AI GeneratedThe technician performs a budget-friendly repair on a 21-year-old HVAC system for a senior citizen. To keep costs manageable, the technician replaces the coil and motor and converts the system to 422B refrigerant instead of the expensive R22, while being transparent with the client about the system's age and potential for future failure.
Hey guys, today you're riding shotgun
while we go take care of a senior citizen.
Could not afford a new system, but we're going to get her some air.
Y'all can't see this, but this sits down in here like 10 inches.
I hope I can get that coil out.
Alright, I cut this loose.
A bunch of oil came out.
And if you saw one of my other videos, you know what can happen
if you try to unbraze this when there's oil in the line.
so i'm gonna try to cut this out
and hopefully i won't have to add a piece of copper just on the
street elbow this is my coil
replacement look at this end that
comes on there i guess we'll cut
that
off
i
had
a
bad
experience
too
long
ago
i
don't
think
i'm
gonna
put
one
i'm
fixing
a
bubble
check mine
one good
thing about
putting
the dryer
in here all
my joints are
in one spot
pulling the vacuum i got things mostly done
on the inside i need to put some more armor
flex on there but other than that i'm done
on the inside i got the drain done everything put back
together
hot out
here
is an
understatement
you know
this
little
fan i got
blowing
on me
last year i was on a job and a customer had
a same thing but a rigid and he brought it out
for me because he saw how hot i was i think the
next day i ordered one of these let's go get a
So we got our motor.
This lady could
not afford
a new system.
She can't really
afford what we're
doing today.
She couldn't afford
it if we used R22.
So we have
recovered all
the Freon and going
back with 422B.
She walks around
with a walker.
and um he knows that this system could
fail and i warned her that something
could fail you know and
even this summer
and she was willing to she was willing
to do it i think on as long as i'm honest
with her and i tell her up front
that this is a 20 21 year old system i don't know how long this
repair is
going to last
as long as i'm
honest up
front things
will work out
all right we
want this
to turn
counterclockwise
shaft and lead
in rotation
reverse
this we're
gonna check it
when
we do
start
up
and
this
takes
up 7.5
but
that
had
one
of
the
um
multi
right
this
one's
got
the
white
stripe
my
contact
if
it's
off
i
don't
need
it on
the
vacuum
for
about
15 20
minutes
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I've already done
a pound and 12 ounces
on that drum so we just
need 8 pounds off of
