Deadbeats 1997 Centurion Conversion

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I tried tinypic but the first 5 pictures that I tried to upload only 1 actually uploaded. trying imgbb.com now. seems to be working fairly well.
 

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Since this used compressor I put on was a belly leaker, I bought a new ac delco compressor, dryer, and orfice tube. Hopefully that will let it hold some vacuum and get it all lined out right.
 

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Started working on the ac last night, bought an ac delco compressor, dryer and orfice. The line wouldn't come loose from the old dryer so I cut the old dryer and used an impact wrench on it, same line stripped at condensor, and I didn't notice. Put it together and noticed it was stripped, and it stripped the new dryer. Figures, I'm gonna pick up the new line an dryer today and hopefully get it all charged and good. I'll try to put a pic of the old orfice up, it looked like you dipped it in stove ashes. I rinses everything out with the flush kit and hopefully it will all be good.
 

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I'll try to put a pic of the old orfice up, it looked like you dipped it in stove ashes. I rinses everything out with the flush kit and hopefully it will all be good.

Sorry to hear about the bad luck on the stripped fittings. A lot of times it'll take the male fittings with it also. There's not a whole lot you can do. Lots of penetrating fluid, maybe some heat and a prayer is all you could have done.

If there was that much junk running through the system chances are you'll still have some additional accumulation occur on the orifice tube in the future no matter how good you think you cleaned the condenser, but hopefully it won't be enough to affect performance. Keep an eye on your high side pressure over time. Just keep in mind that the high pressure is highly dependent on air flow and temperature at the condenser so when doing comparisons try to have equal test conditions.


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I seem to always have those a/c lines strip on these trucks. I was just really glad I didn't have anything strip at the firewall and have to change the evaporator. I put one of those in dads truck last year and it took me about 5 hours from start to finish. Oh well, I should have cold air when I get home after a little work.
 

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I seem to always have those a/c lines strip on these trucks.

Not that you'll probably keep the truck long enough to have it seize up again, but maybe consider putting some compressor oil or grease on the threads when you put it back together (if grease, just make sure you don't get into the system). Also, bear in mind that the fittings themselves don't need to be super tight, the o-ring does all the sealing, unlike a flare fitting which sometimes have to be quite tight in order to seal well. Thanks for the update.


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Yeah, don't have cold air yet. The new line would not screw onto the condensor. It had threads on it but I guess not enough, I'll get a new condensor today and put it on so that it is all right. i double checked the part number and it is the right condensor, but with all the crap on that orfice tube I'm sure it can't be a bad thing to replace it anyway.
 
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