A/C leak

Yes. Sounds reasonable.

(Of course, you didn't ask for advice, just an opinion.)

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I made the same diagnosis you have with my old Pontiac. Turned out it was the front seal on the compressor. Compressor had been rebuilt and had less then 3000 miles on it. I didn't think I was seeing oil either until it really started leaking, then it was literally dripping off it.

My compressor has about 100 miles on it. I sure hope that's not it. I'm going to put some more freon in it with some leak dye. If I don't see anything upfront I'll take the cab apart and look at the evaporator.

That's what I would want to try before having anything to do with replacing an evaporator!

I had one car where the service manual said for removing this to...

1. Remove steering column.
2. Remove dashboard.

(I don't know about what needs to be removed on your vehicle, but probably not fun.)

I had a 64 T-bird. Almost every repair procedure started with

1. Remove Front Seat .. even replacing the windshield required a partial tear down of the interior.