DONE!
It was apart and back together in
10 hours . . . BION! Pretty good job for an old guy . .
The truth is I helped alot but had a master-tech do the work . . amazing, talented man. We had "zero" problems . . nothing broke, everything fit perfectly . . . and 'we' didn't break anything. We worked as a team . . and a very successful one at that. . amazing.
The ACM evap was the exact replacement for the leaking Behr. So it fit perfectly w/o any problems; the case closed w/o any problems.
Not sure what the vintage of the old Behr evap (at least 13 yrs old) was but it didn't leak from the 'amalgam' of cu/alum. It leaked at the alum 'weld', so I learned something. The new Behr evap was identical in construction but I decided, maybe incorrectly, to use the ACM.
Job was stated at 7:00a and all finished by 4:45pm; Pump down for 30 mins; leak test . .15 mins; charge and I was home at 6:00pm. Work was done at my tech's shop . . so we had all the tools necessary.
I forgot my camera. . so I used my cellphone but it didn't take very good pics. But you get the idea.
The A/C blows 37F air so I'm happy again. It cycles from 37 to 42F and the compressor cycles off for 10 - 15 secs before kicking in. All in all it's working as it should.
When we flushed the hoses (after the evap was out), there was sooooooo much oil even in the hoses. . . can't believe there was that much.