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Originally Posted by homeless
Question 2?
I have basement are, it is working ok for the most part. Should I spend money to have it serviced or should I wait until it quite?
Is service more than opening the door and agreeing with me that it is working????
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If you are comfortable doing some mechanical work, and maybe have a helper (I did mine myself), I'd recommend sliding the unit out of it's compartment, on to a platform of some sort (think milk crates and a 1/4 sheet of plywood). There is plenty of slack, so no need to disconnect wiring.
Remove top cover, and clean the coils and give the whole unit a good cleaning. Then replace the blower bearing assemblies (2), which are just bushings with an oil cup, which probably has never been oiled since initial new. You can get sealed ball-bearing direct replacements, from Grainger, or on-line. It is a simple job. Check and clean the part of the air duct that you have access to, and if you are handy with electrical work, and with power OFF, buy 2 replacement starting capacitors from an A/C guy or supplier, and put everything back together. Test unit, which still setting on the work platform, the re-install.
Your total cost; about $50, and the better part of your day. If you don't want to do it yourself, but if you slide the unit out and take the tops sheet metal cover off, any decent A/C guy can easily do the rest of the work in an hour.