Incompressible

So I did a bunch of research on NewBeetle.org about causes of A/C failure in bugs and tried checking all of the easy things myself, like looking to see if the leftmost fuse in the fuse block on top of the battery had melted. This meant that I had no choice but to pay a visit to my friend Jason, who happens to work at metro VW and is a VW Tech, well sort of, and could hook the bug up to the VAG-tool diagnostic system to see what was going on. All of the electrical system controlling the A/C checked out fine. Rats, that meant that all of the stuff that is inexpensive to repair was working fine. In the end, the cause was just what I suspected, the A/C compressor or compressor cluth had failed and needed to be replaced. Of course, on the bug these are one in the same since VW conveneiently integrated these two parts on the NB. On nb.org people have reported quotes from $1000 to $1600 for a compressor replacement at the VW dealership. Ouch!