The best of luck to you. My last car the A/C went out and is was so hot in Louisiana with no A//C in the summer time. I even tried to make this homeade A/C ice chest wih a fan on top od it. I saw that in you tube, I do not reccomend that one. lol. A/C work is so expensive, I agree with you. One part of my A/C, ,they wanted to take the glove box door off and remove pieces of the A/C through the glove box.

The best of luck, the good thing it is getting cooler now,