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@Rocket Man Good call on the Denso, that is the compressor I used to replace my blown OEM compressor. Sounds like you are making good progress.
@Rocket Man There was no way I was going to go through the pain of replacing the evaporator. I just spent extra time flushing them out. The lines were easy. I was worried about the evaporator, so I flushed them out both directions. I spent the time to ensure they were dried out completely. Still running and cooling strong after 10 years. Bob
Man, I can’t find this for the life of me..! I remembered you had a QA1, but cannot find it now..! I figure I need to girdle mine asap or my rear end is going down in an ugly, crackling mess of glory.. can you please share part numbers.?
I was thinking the same, that’s why I ordered them on Amazon. I figure I’ll flush and as long as they seem clear and there’s no debris coming out I’ll be gtg. I just wanted to be covered parts wise. It’s nice when I can find stuff on Amazon that I might need, since they make returns so easy and at no charge for shipping. I just returned a high pressure switch to RA that I ordered wrong ( I wanted the low pressure switch) and shipping cost me $4.50 for a $12 part plus I have to wait until they receive and process it. Amazon credits my account within a couple hours of dropping it off at the shipping place, and there’s no charge for shipping either direction.
The girdle was a TA Performance TA 1807A. It’s the low profile one and you still need the QA1 5262 panhard bar to make it fit.
Had a leak at the solder joint, freon was escaping. Think you gotta take 1/2 the dash apart to replace it. There is a hack, but I doubt you'd want to do it.
AFAIK mines fine. I flushed it today and I feel good about it.
Great news. Just ensure that you are confident you blew out all the flushing agent and it is dried out. Like I said, I spent extra time on the evaporators.
Sorry about the slight mishap. That most likely happened to me too, but that was a long time ago and I have forgotten so much in the past ten years. Good luck as you press forward.So I did some disassembling and flushing this morning. Didn’t spend a lot of time on it after my initial flush incident. I started by doing the evaporator and had no idea that it was gonna blast right back at me out the opposing hole with so much force. It hit me in the face and went all over that side of the engine bay. Good news is it looks like a good degreaser but bad news it stings in the eyes. I regrouped and rigged 2 different size drain hoses and finished the evaporator. I blew it out with air afterwards. The fluid has some microscopic silver metal, super fine. It’s coming out clear after the flush.
I started to flush the lines I removed and noticed the evaporator line has been rubbing on the frame for some reason. It’s not leaking and might be ok to reuse but I’d feel better replacing it. It would suck if it started leaking in a year after all I’m doing to the AC. I ordered a new OEM one off Amazon. It won’t be here until Friday so now I have all kinds of time to get this done.
My eye is stinging so I’m on break until further notice.
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It will be sitting for a few days waiting on parts so it should dry out especially considering it’s gonna be close to 100 a couple days. I blew it out real good, I have a 25 gallon compressor.
So I did some disassembling and flushing this morning. Didn’t spend a lot of time on it after my initial flush incident. I started by doing the evaporator and had no idea that it was gonna blast right back at me out the opposing hole with so much force. It hit me in the face and went all over that side of the engine bay. Good news is it looks like a good degreaser but bad news it stings in the eyes. I regrouped and rigged 2 different size drain hoses and finished the evaporator. I blew it out with air afterwards. The fluid has some microscopic silver metal, super fine. It’s coming out clear after the flush.
I started to flush the lines I removed and noticed the evaporator line has been rubbing on the frame for some reason. It’s not leaking and might be ok to reuse but I’d feel better replacing it. It would suck if it started leaking in a year after all I’m doing to the AC. I ordered a new OEM one off Amazon. It won’t be here until Friday so now I have all kinds of time to get this done.
My eye is stinging so I’m on break until further notice.
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Amazon for the belt, it’s a Gates Fleet Runner. I have the tensioner.
ahh thats why, im using stretch belts and couldnt find a greeny to match.
Yeah if it’s been exposed to the atmosphere then it was done long ago. It doesn’t take long when it has unlimited moisture to suck on. The new one I bought had a vacuum on it. I loosened one of the seals they had on it where it connects and it went “whoosh” so I sealed it back up. It’s gonna be a few days before I install it.
yea i need to try and get a part no off it or something, its just a universal one with 3/8 oring fitting in and out, but where its mounted ive got to replace it with one pretty much the exact same size +/- 1/2"
