Got My A/C Fixed!

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...in my truck. It stopped blowing cold air about 5 years ago due to a freon leak in the coil. I had asked the dealership where I get my truck serviced how much it would cost to repair my A/C, and they said about $2000, most of which was labor charges (in order to get to my compressor where the leak is they would have to take out my dashboard on the inside of my truck). Not worth the cost to me. So I've been without A/C for the past 5 years. And in our brutal Florida summers, that's no small feat. Anyway, I was talking to a guy recently, and he asked me if my leak was a slow leak over time, or a quick leak. I told him it was a slow leak. He then told me they make a stop-leak product for A/Cs that have slow leaks. What????? Why didn't anyone tell me this? I could have been driving around in comfort all this time! Anyway, there's this kid at work (he's a kid to me, but probably in his mid-20s) who is studying and training to be an auto mechanic. Apparently everyone at work has been using him to fix things on their vehicles, and he's done a great job. So I approached him about putting stop-leak in my A/C and re-charging it with freon. When I asked him how much he would charge, he said he would do it for free, because he is trying to gain experience right now. He even said he had lots of cans of freon and wouldn't even charge me for them. He was hesitant about putting stop-leak in my system, so I told him let's just re-charge it and see how long it blows cold air. He told me if it lasts about a month or two before running out of freon, he would just keep adding more for free for me, but if it only goes a couple of weeks, then he'll put some stop-leak in. Anyway, my A/C is back to blowing freezing cold air, and it is now a pleasure to drive again! With summer approaching, you don't know how excited I am to have a working A/C again in my truck.