I've been driving this old S10 for several years without air conditioning 'cause I figured it would cost $500 or more to get it going.  I priced the parts at O'Rielly's the other day when it was over 100 degrees.  Everything to do the job (except charging it) was $181 including the sales tax and $10 core charge on the compressor.  And it didn't take that long to change the parts out.

I'll get it charged tomorrow after work . . . even if that's 100 bucks, it'll be less than $300.  I can't beleive I've spent 4 or 5 summers driving this thing with no air 'cause I was too cheap to spend a few dollars.   

When I took the old parts off, they all looked extreamly clean inside so I took a shortcut and didn't have the system flushed out.  It worked great to start with . . . now it "sort'a" works, but it acts like the compressor is overloading every few seconds.  I think there is trash in the system somewhere.  I unplugged the compressor for now . . . I need to find someone who can flush it out.  I don't mind replacing the accumulator and orifice, I just hope I haven't damaged my new compressor.