has anyone rented a vacuum pump from autozone (the a/c one)

[ryan roopnarine]

newsgroup chatter from 2002-current indicates that "bigger autozones" will rent you a vacuum pump with which to evacuate your a/c system (i KNOW they are referring to the a/c type because they refer to autozone renting the pumps but no pump oil) for $200. a message on the pelicanparts message board indicates that somebody in north florida has rented one, so i assume they wouldn't be that rare in my neck of the woods. has anyone here rented one from autozone? if not, has anybody in the US ever rented one? how much was the rental for you? thanks.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

hell you could buy a small pump for that

[winfred]

you can get a damn fine pump for about $250 delivered, i want one of those 2 stage robinair's

[ryan roopnarine]

you can get a damn fine pump for about $250 delivered, i want one of those 2 stage robinair's

i've seen a shiny new vacuum pump in my grandfather's house as little as 2 years ago, everybody in my family screws with air conditioning, so i'd rather not buy one if i can: either find (that) one, rent one from somebody, or find somebody with a big enough air compressor to run a venturi pump from harbor freight.

[ryan roopnarine]

hell you could buy a small pump for that

no, the rental is a deposit, you get it all back when you finish with it.

[Tiger]

Then just do it! What have you got to lose? This is damn good deal to be able to rent it for free.

[ryan roopnarine]

Then just do it! What have you got to lose? This is damn good deal to be able to rent it for free.

i haven't done it because i haven't found a store anywhere around me that has one for rent. all of the autozones have a base set of hand tools that they have to have, a vacuum pump isn't one of them. only the "bigger" stores are supposed to have them. wondering if anybody here has actually succeeded in renting one. i'm going to start calling the stores 167 miles away from me in the capitol, and 350 miles away in miami and see if one of them has it, as i'm in those areas somewhat often.

[Bill R.]

need it. They told me about it around a year ago when they started carrying more A/c stuff for the diyer. Its a pretty decent pump, looks like a clone to my robinair.

i haven't done it because i haven't found a store anywhere around me that has one for rent. all of the autozones have a base set of hand tools that they have to have, a vacuum pump isn't one of them. only the "bigger" stores are supposed to have them. wondering if anybody here has actually succeeded in renting one. i'm going to start calling the stores 167 miles away from me in the capitol, and 350 miles away in miami and see if one of them has it, as i'm in those areas somewhat often.

[ryan roopnarine]

i was chewing on that for a bit when i went to work, bill, but realised that an autozone in arizona is going to be beholden to carrying a/c tools, no matter how big or small the city is because of the temps you guys deal with. i guess florida isn't hot enough to warrant that kind of implementation.

[MBXB]

No AC vauum pump rentals around Clearwater/Tampa, Ryan