I have a son who is going to the University of Kentucky and the AC compressor in his 1992 Mercury has gone out- it wasn't a real problem (he's young - he can sweat until summer's over) until the pulley finally went, and of course now the car's immobile. the mechanic he'd gone to (I'm seven hours away) refused to do anything but go "the whole nine yards" for $900 - even though I asked him to simply stick a salvaged one on without hooking it up - just so the belts would have a place to go (and he could get it back here).
If there are any Lexintonians out there (or if you are familiar with the area) that know of a mechanic who speaks "common sense" and would do the job - couldn't take more than an hour....
tia,
terry solomonson