I could have sworn when I got this 1985 Toyota Tercel wagon 2 wheel drive a couple of years ago that I was looking eyeball to eyeball with an air conditioner. My first thought was to make sure the engine was ready for the extra burden of an A/C before I even tried to get it charged.
Today I asked a mechanic at the shop where I was getting the brakes done, (I get lazy sometimes), if he did air conditioning, and he said yes. I pulled open the hood and he discovered and I did after he did, that there wasn't an air conditioner there.
My question is this: Are they so precious and like bars of gold and piles of jewels enough for one of these foreign mechanics to steal? I had to leave the car overnight a couple of times at 3 different locations, where there is a locked gate.
He swears that since there isn't a switch on the dash saying A/C that it came from the factory without A/C. I'm starting to think I've lost my mind. It has a lever that goes to cool.
Can you tell if there once was an air conditioner? There is a space on the place where the radiator sits that shows room for what could have been a former condenser; there are two holes where the bracket goes for the compressor, and a middle groove for the belt.
What's the scoop?
Would one of these guys steal it, thinking I would never notice?
---firefly