Help wanted with broken ac

You cannot tell "jack" from one of those single parts store gauges. You cannot see both sides functioning. You cannot "see" a restriction if there is one. Here is what I consider a bare minimum for A/C work as for gauges.
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Do you maybe know any friends or acquaintances who might have a set and will come help you diagnose it? I would do it myself, but we're not local.