Okay, so I'm driving to work this morning, got the heat on at 3, the legs and defrost button pushed in and suddenly, over the Counting Crows, I hear this squeal. I think to myself this isn't good...

I get to work, park the car and pop the hood. Smoke, smoke everywhere. I now know this isn't good. I call my boss (who in his younger years, before embracing his managementhood was a mechanic) and he says the air conditioning compressor has "locked-up". You can see that the pulley isn't always turning. So I go to take the car to a mechanic (I work at the "World's Largest Wholesale Auto Auction - so there are shops on grounds) and the car runs momentarily by itself then dies. I have to two-foot it to the shop and the smell when I get there, oh the smell!

Obviously, the dilemma is bypassing the air conditioning compressor yet retaining my power steering. Any suggestions, similiar tales, repair cost estimates?

Thanks!
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Jen | 1986 244 DL Graphite 122K