A/c Running but Odd Symptoms - Please Help!
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I got mine done. Just had to work at it a bit. What worked best was a ratcheting doohickey from hobo freight. The kind you can put a phillips or straight in. Like this
http://t.harborfreight.com/8-piece-r...ver-92630.html
Or you may even up just using the bit and a small crescent to turn it while you hold it in place with the other hand.
http://t.harborfreight.com/8-piece-r...ver-92630.html
Or you may even up just using the bit and a small crescent to turn it while you hold it in place with the other hand.
and found the ratcheting doohickey(!) for $2.99. Will get one tomorrow and see what's happening with the blend door. Thanks for info!
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Wild Vent Problem Solved but Another Question...
I realized when driving that the diversion of air from face vents to defrost vents happened when I was accelerating or when the engine was under load - taking foot off gas or leveling out after a hill redirected air to face vents.
That made me think that one or both vacuum line check valves were bad and so I went to look at the two vacuum line check valves so that I'd know what they look like when I went to get replacements.
That's when I found a break in one of the vacuum lines near the tee close to the firewall. I used a few inches of 7/64" windshield washer tubing to make a repair and that solved the problem of air being randomly diverted from face vents to defrost vents and back again.
A/c runs good now but compressor bearings are noisy and so I bought a new replacement compressor.
It is preloaded with 6.4 ozs of PAG46 oil, but has a warning label on it that it contains refrigerant under pressure, and is sealed with a plastic plug over the line connections, held in place by a metal nut.
Question is, how can I safely undo that nut and release the pressure without spraying PAG oil everywhere and losing some of it..?
I'm thinking of covering nut and plug with a cloth and undoing the nut slowly and gently, gradually releasing the pressure...
That made me think that one or both vacuum line check valves were bad and so I went to look at the two vacuum line check valves so that I'd know what they look like when I went to get replacements.
That's when I found a break in one of the vacuum lines near the tee close to the firewall. I used a few inches of 7/64" windshield washer tubing to make a repair and that solved the problem of air being randomly diverted from face vents to defrost vents and back again.
A/c runs good now but compressor bearings are noisy and so I bought a new replacement compressor.
It is preloaded with 6.4 ozs of PAG46 oil, but has a warning label on it that it contains refrigerant under pressure, and is sealed with a plastic plug over the line connections, held in place by a metal nut.
Question is, how can I safely undo that nut and release the pressure without spraying PAG oil everywhere and losing some of it..?
I'm thinking of covering nut and plug with a cloth and undoing the nut slowly and gently, gradually releasing the pressure...
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Warning Label Over Securing Nut...
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That makes zero sense..... You HAVE to open it up to install it..... unless it works by wishful thinking...... I guess you don't get a choice, just be REAL careful when you crack it open... Go VERY slowly, and let the pressure bleed off.
