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Originally Posted by leathermang
Good information and a lesson on the need for both patience and persistence....
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True, but one must also have the tools or ability to make custom tools like adapters. I want to be able to pressure test each component individually. I am glad I pulled many of the AC hoses (except the TXV hoses) and parts off a 240D and 300D. The fittings from the hoses allow me to make adapters for component testing.
The shiny #10 to the TXV came in the mail this morning and was easy to make an adapter from by taping a 1/8 NPT thread in it and screwing in a 1/4 SAE flare.
Here it is being used to pressure test the evaporator by itself at 1.001 MPa (145 psi) Argon. Last night's test of the evap with the hose on the TXV adapter was encouraging. This test will be definitive whether my evaporator leaks or not. I'll know in a day or 2.
