Walk In Freezer Warm Part 2 / Easy Compressor Replacement With Ultimate Ladder Crane

[@watermanone7567]

Very nice work, I had one of those compressors that the head gasket would only leak in the very cold weather only. Took me several trips to finally find the leak. Thanks

[@HVACRSurvival]

They can be a real pain👍

[@xelaju8]

Once again you are an awesome tech and You work very intelligently and efficiently. I like the way you do things. Your boss must be very happy with your working performance. Thanks for keeping our food cold and AC going.

[@HVACRSurvival]

WoW... that's very nice of you to say! Thank you for taking the time to not only watch the videos but to leave me your review. I have been blessed to work at a reputable and successful business that offers all the opportunities of different types of service.

[@HVACR559]

I just started using that Loctite 567, to seal all of my metal to metal pipe threads. So far I like it. The applicator is better than a brush it doesn't end up spreading everywhere like regular pipe dope. It can't be used with plastic or with Teflon tape. It needs the interaction with the metal to cure. It doesn't cure the same way leak-lock does, not supposed to get hard like it either.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I’ve have good luck with it. I believe we started using it on the flare nuts threads on mini splits to keep them from coming loose from vibration. I’ve used it on everything like you said for Metal to Metal. I did not know that about the plastic. I will remember that for later.

[@jimgill5706]

I once got 3 bad rebuilt 7.5 hp copeland semis in a row on a 12' upright freezer case. The first two had defective internal overload protectors and the third one was an oil pumper. The fourth one worked. Had to work about 24 hours straight on that job. Lucky I had the xtra-man hoist and my older brother was helping me that day.

[@HVACRSurvival]

That sounds like a lot of work! Thanks for the feedback!

[@reyrodriguez1005]

Excellent video, Rick. I learn so much from You, Chris, and Nor-Cal Dave.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Those are some of my favorites as well! Thanks for hanging out with me for the ride!

[@HughesManHVAC]

Excellent video! So much good stuff, Nice to see that Ultimate Ladder Crane in action! Really enjoyed this video Rick! Thanks!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I figured people would like to see it being used, it was the first time I used it for work and it did great. I forgot the other bracket for the hitch mount but the Tee trolly worked better anyway.

[@HughesManHVAC]

@@HVACRSurvival really good stuff!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I spent ALL day yesterday on it. 😲. Hopefully it gets the views to help offset my time 😏👍👍

[@HAGICASA]

awesome....not too much talk (big mouth ) and no show off like some guys ....just great work and intelligence in every aspects.

[@HVACRSurvival]

WoW Thanks man! I try to pack my videos with as much stuff that I may not of known not to long ago so it hopefully helps answer the questions some don't know to ask about yet. I appreciate the feedback!

[@integrity5264]

it must be very rewarding to make a change out with all the many different things it takes to get it done. Trouble shooting, ordering all material.the rip out, rigging, rewire, balancing. Nice job, thanks for sharing.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thank you, it definatlty can be.

[@glenjones4404]

Thank god for the Copeland scrolls as there alot lighter and can do the same duty half the weight 💯👍

[@hvactechpr7872]

Thanks for part 2!! I see the videos and brings back the good times... Thanks for sharing!!

[@HVACRSurvival]

You betcha Alex! Thanks for the feedback!

[@TheLenaweeTrekker]

I love the hoist. I wish I had one of those. The last semi-hermetic I did had to be done the old fashioned way. "Where's that helper!"😂

[@HVACRSurvival]

It was a life saver, even with this smaller compressor. It would have been hard to get into place by my self.

[@billburnett9951]

AWESOME VIDEO! I remember working on some ancient Trenton Kramer condensers that the customer actually wanted repaired. One actually had a pump on the liquid line to reduce the load on the compressor. It too had a subcooler on the evap. Archaic, but state of the art for its time. Thanks for the video Rick!!!!!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I haven't heard of those, that is interesting but then again I've only been into heavier refrigeration for 6 years.

[@RichGT350r]

Love the use of the hoist! That’s using your head and not your back! Thanks Rick! 👍 just FYI. They make a stainless strut trolly that has a 600# capacity, but it is pricy!

[@redeye2629]

Wow I wish I had a loft like that back in the day, I use to have to put in 5H60’s by myself including those you did on this video. Great video

[@HVACRSurvival]

I really didn't want to spend the money on the electric winch at first but its been great so far! Thanks for the feedback!

[@courtne-the-great7961]

What is that lift and where can I buy one??

[@HVACRSurvival]

@@courtne-the-great7961 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHicZoVpoNepo8U Build it 👍👍

[@christiansommer914]

So sweet to see the crane at work... Damm good job Rick..

[@HVACRSurvival]

Yeah I was very pleased. I could have man handled that in and out of the truck and probably onto the rack but why take the chance. I'm sure someone will think it was over kill but so is a power drill and a van 🙄😁🤣

[@christiansommer914]

@@HVACRSurvival You did the right thing, it's me and others who are dumb and don't use the right tools..

[@HVACRSurvival]

Crescent wrench and linesman's are hammers, screwdrivers are chisels and pry bars 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣. What's the problem🤣🤣

[@HVACRSurvival]

Sorry for the smudge on the lens halfway through. FYI - We gave the customer the option of trying a new valve plate or replacing the compressor, they choose the latter. (We haven't had much luck with valve plates in the past.) See the first video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZnOeqqpgdehaMk for the diagnostic. And yes before anyone say it...YES! I was chewing my gum like a cow..lol My lift video is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHicZoVpoNepo8U

[@RJMaker]

FANTASTIC Job. Well Done Sir! I love your hoist system more every time I see it in action.!

[@HVACRSurvival]

It made me smile when it worked as planned 👍👍. Thanks 4 watching!

[@JuanTodoli]

I'll pick the nitrogen piece of advice Rick. Great video 👍

[@armandotorres626]

One man show... Good job!!

[@HVACRSurvival]

Yep, no helper ever here or anywhere I've been. Thanks 4 watching!

[@joestinson7195]

rick, that was a great video. i like that hoist system. you do great work

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Joe! I'm glad you like it, thanks for watching! have a great holiday weekend!

[@tonydelgrego2906]

Rick Another awesome video Stay Safe

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Tony, you to!

[@Eddy63]

Another great vid Rick ... Like that crane ... And thank's for me being your favorite subscriber ... Lol ...

[@HVACRSurvival]

👍👍🍺🍺 Without viewers I wouldn't have any reason to make these. So yeah, Thanks Eddie for being one of my top contributors 🤜🤛

[@rossmeckley5826]

Your compressor trolley is awesome! Anyway you could show us the details of how you made it?

[@HVACRSurvival]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHicZoVpoNepo8U

[@heavydiesel]

Love the hoist for moving the compressor about! I'm a bit old school so use a chain block instead. Bet the suction reed valves have a wear ridge where they should seal on the valve plate. A lot of those style compressors don't have piston rings, just cast piston with three grooves in.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I think it's that because it held after I killed power. The Pistons had compression when I covered it with my palm. Thanks for the feedback 👍👍

[@heavydiesel]

@@HVACRSurvival You can feel the wear with your finger nail when they are bad. Had one years ago I got pumping again turning the valves over to the unused side, ran a couple of weeks before they snapped off from bending the other way!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I will keep that trick in mind next time. Thanks 4 watching H.D.👍👍🤜🤛

[@ultron6931]

Great video seeing all those old copelands! I take care of a grocery store just like that compressor rack. When the medium temp compressors die I change them to R22 scrolls but they run R134a with poe oil. Much cheaper and work great because at some point all the stuff is too old to spend too much money on.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks bud 👍👍. Your exactly right, this was definitely an older store not worth spending crap loads of money on.

[@gregbowman3598]

Your the man Rick

[@HVACRSurvival]

Lol. I wish. Thank you very much!

[@scottk0623]

Nice job, very professional as are all your videos. Excellent tip on NOT using nitrogen, hope guys were listening.If you get an opportunity to show us your portable compressor lift we saw would be great. Thanks again

[@HVACRSurvival]

I did a full video on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHicZoVpoNepo8U Thanks for watching!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I know about the nitrogen from experience.😟 I had 35 deg of sub-cooling when I thought I was done. I think I posted that video about the end of last year.

[@shine-cg9uf]

Awesome video. Love the crane

[@HVACRSurvival]

Shine on, Right on 👍👍. Thanks for watching it 🤜🤛

[@jimgill5706]

Looks like an old Hussman rack. I have a coffee can full of the condenser fan guard screws with the expanding rubber inserts.

[@HVACRSurvival]

You are correct! Thanks for checking it out and the feedback! 👍👍

[@jimgill5706]

I used to just unscrew the terminal box and the compressor terminal wires on a failed semi hermetic and put it on the replacement compressor without unwiring and rewiring everything else.

[@HVACRSurvival]

That sounds like a good idea! If it wasn't such a crappy wiring job I might have tried that, I will keep that in mind for the next one. Thanks for the info👍👍

[@jimgill5706]

Nice hoist rig.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Jim! Have a great Labor Day!

[@hvacir9176]

thanks for the video, i mean the music is a bit loud. i personally enjoy listening to what you say.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I wanted to try something new and lowered it when I was speaking. I did notice it sounds different from headphones to computer speakers and my phone. There was a lot of background noise I tried to filter out with the high pass EQ.

[@hvacir9176]

@@HVACRSurvival really enjoyed you explanation on the video , thank you

[@HVACRSurvival]

@@hvacir9176 your welcome, Ispent a stupid amount of time on this for some reason. I started at 7:30am and finished about 6pm. There was a lot of cutting done.

[@hvacir9176]

@@HVACRSurvival video or the job? were that suction line drier after the compressor change out and vacuum?

[@HVACRSurvival]

The video, LOL the job probably only took half of that.

[@jimgill5706]

Very good work.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Jim!

[@markcaldwell1245]

Excellent work very neat and clean. Your winch track for lifting the compressor is cheating, lol. I am curious if leaving the door open messes with head pressures because now it is pulling in the door and bypassing the rack. Not that the fan blade was not the main problem in removing the heat just curious.

[@HVACRSurvival]

It wasn't too bad where I was standing. Probably 85*. But you have a valid argument 👍👍. Good 👀👍🏻👍🏻

[@glenjones4404]

You can get the Chinese Copland scroll l which is the same but cheaper and the only difference is the small righting on the side of the scroll is in Chinese But the rest of the label is the same Copeland scroll and they are fare bit more cheaper and work the same !

[@alohatrader8084]

Cool video, love the hoist idea for sure. Quick question though…how did you get the plastic tubing on the pressure control lines? Where do you get that plastic tubing? I love how clean it looks.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Its vinyl tubing that I split with a utility knife.

[@syedbasheer8210]

Great Job,,APPRECIATED🤩🤩

[@donnierobertson3088]

Nice job and video

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks man 👍👍

[@macbong01]

very impressed by the compressor replacement technique but I think you should of changed the whole thing.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Yeah, I'd like to see allot of things replaced.

[@josephmettes9147]

He said he got sh*t to do 😂😂😂

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks for staying to the VERY END! 👍👍

[@josephmettes9147]

@@HVACRSurvival Thank you for the videos good sir! Always some good information I up pick from them

[@HVACRSurvival]

That's awesome to hear, I really appreciate your feedback 👍👍

[@stanleyroberts2461]

Are they using the condensor heat for heat reclaim back into the store?

[@HVACRSurvival]

This was a tiny convenience store / grocery store, I do not believe they had that. My larger grocery stores do that are on a rack.

[@mainj54]

What happened to installing the correct condenser fan blade?

[@HVACRSurvival]

The other guy did it.

[@reyrodriguez1005]

Hey Rick, what kinda Impact wrench you got there? I need one

[@HVACRSurvival]

12v Milwaukee 3/8" Fuel series.

[@jimgill5706]

Do you still have to return the failed bolted compressor body to be rebuilt?

[@HVACRSurvival]

You get a core charge back for it.

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

Was it a wrist pin problem. Kinda sounded like when you were pushing the pistons down the wrist pin was making a noise

[@HVACRSurvival]

I didn't feel it but now I know what to look for since I've been through refrigeration mentors class. Either way I wasn't going to be able to rebuild it and we didn't trust only changing the valve plate

[@jasonjohnsonHVAC]

@@HVACRSurvival I'd like to take Trevor's class....pretty expensive though. Cant afford to right now

[@HVACRSurvival]

@@jasonjohnsonHVAC I didn't do the full blown class, I got to see it at the hvacr school symposium this year.

[@andrewmattas3595]

Hi bud where did you get the uni strut roller from??

[@HVACRSurvival]

Online, eBay had them the cheapest. But you can find them about anywhere online.

[@bryandierken8794]

How did you make the lift

[@HVACRSurvival]

Check out the video where showcased it. I did research on previous designs, laid it out and welded it up.

[@tinopratt3056]

Hey lm a tech love the little love that crane what the name l would love to get a helper like that men good job.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Tino!

[@joeshearer1247]

5:43 scared you a little 😨 😨 don't blame you

[@HVACRSurvival]

Is that when the cable did a flop? I'm used to that with my side-by-side off-road vehicle. That's why I stayed off to the side of it 😁

[@joeshearer1247]

HVACR Survival yea it was. I like those ratchet crimpers can we see a close up of what the crimp looks like. I'm curious if it does better than manual

[@HVACRSurvival]

I have a link in the description. For insulated crimp on connectors, you can not pull them off by hand. They are amazing and affordable.

[@watomb]

Like the video seems like it would be cheaper to replace it.

[@hangngoaigiare]

U made this lift by yourself?

[@HVACRSurvival]

Yes, I have a very diverse background of skills.

[@pslifeisgood]

Condenser noise plus music... 😆😆😄😄😄 🎧🎧🎧🎧

[@HVACRSurvival]

I cut as much condenser noise with the parametric EQ as possible, It was a lot worse.😀

[@ccthepope]

Music made it even harder to understand what you are saying. Have the confidence to skip the music!

[@HVACRSurvival]

I wanted to try something new and lowered it when I was speaking. I did notice it sounds different from headphones to computer speakers and my phone. There was a lot of background noise I tried to filter out with the high pass EQ.

[@ccthepope]

@@HVACRSurvival thank you replying. I am 64 and have some hearing loss because working around loud equipment and the music mixes with the voice and I cannot make out the words where normal back ground noise does not mask out the spoken words as much.

[@HardKnocks101]

I liked the music addition and the fast forwarding. But I’m not trying to learn either....I enjoy the videos and often wonder how you manage to get all of your fancy tools in one truck! 😂

[@Bruceman17]

@@ccthepope If you hit CC in the bottom left hand corner of the video, it will show captions of what he's saying.

[@HVACRSurvival]

I understand, I have the ringing in my ears and I'm only 45, like one other person said there is cc closed captioning for the videos, I'm surprised with my hillbilly accent that it's pretty dang accurate.

[@hvacrnortheastern2110]

One is trick is put the gasket in refrigeration oil in the bag before taking out the compressor & don't use the service bolts on the compressor use the old ones there usually a tag on the new compressor warning. Nice set up taking out the compressors.

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thanks Joe, if that's your real name 😲?. I like the oil idea, those black gaskets were like a plastic/metal material, it probably didn't help like it would of if the gasket was green. I had to use the old bolts, the new ones were to short. Did you get my text about your shipping address? Or did you toss your burner phone? 🤣😏🙄

[@harrydickson4575]

👍👍👍

[@FireAlert]

music is fine, *just turn it down a little.* 👍

[@HVACRSurvival]

Sounds good 👍👍

[@MrJRamal]

Great video but would have been alot better without the music.

[@HVACRSurvival]

It would have been a lot of silence,. I didn't talk as much in this one like normal.

[@OcRefrig]

Good vid. Like # 390. That Hoist thing is cool. U got a vid on it ? Check the accumulator to see if it was put in Correctly. In & out wise. in to Evaporator side.

[@HVACRSurvival]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHicZoVpoNepo8U There's the link to the lift. I will keep a eye out for the accumulator 👍👍

[@SqueakyHinge]

Love the stripper music.

[@HVACRSurvival]

It really adds to it, if you turn off the sound it's boring. I'm glad to hear some positivity about it 👍👍

[@karaors8970]

+1 😷😷😷😷💯 repair 😷😷😷😷😷

[@MKOMKONNNN]

used to be nice to have a helper if your gonna do big jobs even for a short time the youngster will never learn the on job tricks how do we go forward if we dont teach the newbies nothing personal but where will the next round of techs come from youtube ? its a shame when a service guy comes all by himself to you biz or home and he get stuck not sure and walks away and makes phone calls for help because he didnt do enuff ride alongs

[@HVACRSurvival]

At this point I don't care where they come from if they want to learn and try hard, we cant even find people worth training half the time and the schools can only cram so much in a year. Thanks for the feedback and watching!

[@MKOMKONNNN]

@@HVACRSurvival yupthe newbie you pull leaves after 3 months wantntind to be a hollywood rockstar

[@HVACRSurvival]

Wow, no kidding, geeze

[@sterlingarcher46]

At the risk of sounding like yo mama , I'm still gonna say it : you gotta wear gloves when you're touching refrigerant oil bruv ... good job though , and alone as well , hat's off👍

[@HVACRSurvival]

Thank you! What's the gloves for? Oil? Or pinch factor?

[@sterlingarcher46]

@@HVACRSurvival they say Poe oil is very nasty and get affect you through the skin ... Ever since I heard that I've been using big ol' rubber gloves that look like dish washing gloves whenever I handle oil . Better safe than sorry and all that ...

[@HVACRSurvival]

@@sterlingarcher46 I haven't heard that before. I did get much on me but I'll keep that in mind 👍👍

[@steveblake8766]

#361 thumbs uP

[@HVACRSurvival]

🤜🤛👍👍

[@DWAYNE2ism]

Good music

[@HVACRSurvival]

Glad you liked it, some didn't 🤷🏻‍♂️😁