"jovimon7" (jovimon7)
07/16/2016 at 16:27 • Filed to: None
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"jovimon7" (jovimon7)
07/16/2016 at 16:27 • Filed to: None | 3
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After months of work installing new suspension, big brakes, steering, cooling system and 3.55 rear axle the a/c compressor locked up on my 3rd drive. Here in the south a typical day is 95 deg. and 95% humidity so a/c is a must if you are to enjoy the ride, so new compressor w/clutch, accumulator, liquid line(with orifice tube) and condenser installed, high pressure manifold lines and evaporator flushed, I pulled the system down to 29.inHg and installed 34 oz. of R134. Viola! ice cold air coming from the vents. I’m happy, time for an ice cold adult beverage!
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> jovimon7
07/16/2016 at 16:32 |
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I need to try a recharge on my Mini as the AC doesn’t currently work. Hopefully that fixes it without having to buy new parts. It was working (barely) when I got the car and slowly just stopped working.
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jovimon7
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
07/16/2016 at 16:37 |
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Sounds like a slow freon leak, try putting in some dye to find it, may just be an o-ring leaking at the fitting.
Urambo Tauro
> jovimon7
07/16/2016 at 16:39 |
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Sure looks clean under that hood; I spy with my little eye a 302! Nice!
I replaced most of the AC system on my ’95 a few years ago. Everything but the evap and condenser coils. So nice to have it all working again.
nafsucof
> jovimon7
07/16/2016 at 16:59 |
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Looks like a visible coolant leak is fogging up the drivers side!! Or it’s slimer??
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> jovimon7
07/16/2016 at 17:08 |
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I’m just going to grab an AC Pro or something to get me through to the end of the summer. I’ll worry about solving it properly if the issue comes back next summer. It may just have leaked slowly over the last 12 years and need a quick pick up.
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jovimon7
> nafsucof
07/16/2016 at 18:15 |
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phone camera lens.
MM54
> jovimon7
07/17/2016 at 17:37 |
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Bonus points for actually doing this right!
It irks me how many people know nothing about servicing A/C and would just slap in a new compressor then dump in however much refrigerant it takes foe their $4 low-side gauge to read “what the can says it should” and think it’s okay.
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jovimon7
> MM54
07/17/2016 at 22:05 |
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Thanks. One reason I posted this is so people would see what should be done after a compressor failure.