The pulley on my AC Compressor has seized up. It's been squeaking for a couple of weeks but I thought it was the alternator, turns out it wasn't. It would squeak or squeal initially when I first started the engine, but then it would stop. Now the car won't start because the pulley won't turn. Leaves me stranded until I get it fixed. I thought maybe it was the relay, traded it with a relay that works, no change, tried unplugging the wires on it, no change. I have to fix this because it's my only car.

Is there any way I could recharge it or something and get it to turn?

If I can't (I don't expect to be able to) fix it, is there any special steps I should take to replace it? I haven't done one before.

Thanks

 

If it is seized, you are going to have to get it off of there. You could just swap in another compressor without a charge for the time being. At least the pulley would spin until you can get the rest of the work done. Or put an a/c delete pulley on it as a temporary fix to get you going.

 

Could I use a V6 compressor? Finding a V8 here in a junkyard is almost impossible. They both have the same part number at Advance.

 

Turns out there's two different styles of compressors or something. Calling salvage yards they want to know which one and I don't have any idea cause I'm at work and the car is at home. Do the compressors just have different size pulleys or what? If they do can I just get any one from an earlier design and trade out the pulleys?