New A/C installed is 750-1200 dollars depending on where you buy it By the time you get a new evaporator, and pay to have it installed, and charged, You are going to be very very close.
I'd go with a replacement..
NOTE: Per my RV tech, Dometics blow, Colemans suck.. Ok, what does that mean
Well a few weeks ago I was parked among cotton woods in cotton season.. So naturally the condnsers on my A/C's were clogged.. I already posted this
On my Adent (Dometic knock off per same tech) THe first time (And 2nd) I had to tear it quite apart, opening both the outer and inner covers, same on my older Carriers but remoing the inner cover way easier.... But the next to the last time on the Advent the fan went BOOM (cleaning was secondary to fan feplacement) and the only fan they had was a Coleman, it sucks.
So this time I removed the outer cover and blew the cotton away (Air hose)
Same on the Coleman I put on the other spot.. Remove cover (4 bolts) and blow Gabriel blow, or in this case i juse pealed the cotton off.
There is a suggestion in that story.