Thank you all for responding ! .

My never touched 2001 Ford Ranger's dash vents remain at almost exactly 40* F regardless of the outside temps so that's one more red herring I can ignore .

Quite often Freon leaks are the O-Rings at the expansion valve and hose ends, I've never tested for leaks anywhere and now have difficulty doing more than checking the oil so that's that but thank you very much for suggesting a leak detector .

My last big job was actually quite small, I replaced the fuel tank gauge sender with one from Shern, after two tanks it seems a bit more accurate than the old one .

Shern pointed out one of the two wires leading to the AC clutch was parted, I'll need to address that before anything else .

I hope to see folks from here in La Canada on April 16th .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better