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Old 03-21-2006, 12:32 PM
Beach_Benz Beach_Benz is offline
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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No, I have not tried a thread file.

A little more info and a photo:

When I removed the lines from the expansion valve after the failed pressure test, I neglected to mention that the line I overtightened was loose. When I say I overtightened it, what really happened is the fitting "spun" a little on my last turn of the wrench. I knew I had screwed it up but did the pressure test anyway.

Thanks for the quick responses! I hope the photo helps.

P.S. I know the O-Rings for the evaporator lines are missing in the photo, they were properly installed when we did the pressure test.

Here is the photo: (Red arrow points to damaged threads)
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Stripped threads on evaporator line-evap_lines_edited.jpg  
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