Messed up A/C coil. What would you do?

So my A/C coil bought the barn.... A big barn.

Trying to get it off and the retainer clip broke and now I'm at a lose as to what to try next. Jamming it with a screw driver isn't working. It's pretty well seized up. Anyone have any ideas as to what I should try next to get this off before I try my hand at some surgical grinding?

 

sorry man, you might need to price a whole compressor.
I was in the exact same fix many years ago on a camry, and after I replaced just the clutch/coil, the seal in the snout of the compressor leaked like crazy. It wouldn't hold a charge so I ended up having to buy a compressor anyway. Sadly the design seems to self destruct when the clutch goes.

 

Looks like a new compressor to me.. Delphi is the oem manufacturer for the compressors

 

Are you using snap ring pliers?

 

I dont know if it can be saved or not...put some snot on it and let it sit

 

Got it off! So wedged a screw driver on the bottom side and a prybar where the wire for the coil should be. I was able to rotate the thing just enough to loosen the stuck clip and pop it out.

Looked like this


I have a new coil on the way and I'll see if I messed up the compresser at all.

 

Yeah, but that ring was jammed in there so good it broke the little nub on them