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Originally Posted by ASaltyDog
Jezz, Jim. 10 hours? You're good. It took me 3 weeks for my 1st one, 10 days for my 2cd. I spent about 2 hrs/day on it.
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Tnx for that but the brains of this project was the tech. He
knows every connector as if it was the only one there . . . truly amazing.
For example, as the job was finishing up (installing the center console after getting it anchored to the floor), he was do what looked like 'fanning' the many connectors ends but he actually was organizing/sorting them as to where they need to be in the 'tiered' shelves of the console.
I mentioned the elusive radio theft plug in all that mess, he immediately reached into the 'mess' and pulled it out. That's why we finished in 10 hours.
I didn't change anything other than the main components and not any lines. I did inspect them and they looked fine. Since my system had so much UV-dye in it, it would have showed was my reasoning.
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Originally Posted by ASaltyDog
How'd you flush the a/c lines without the compressor running? Is there a way to just flush it with the evap case, condensor etc off?
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I have a flush gun driven by shop air and it holds about 1qt of 'flush'. When then evap was removed you had access to the two lines connected to the Txv. Simple matter to flush them without having to remove them. But it's messy since it's hard to catch it all . . . most ends up on the floor. But it seemed to clean the hoses ok.
Flushed the condensor (planned on replacing it but the new one wouldn't fit!) that way also but used some 1" ID clear hose (the same stuff that was used to replace the a/c drains; tnx to brewtoo) over the fittings and a home made "catch-the-crap" bottle. Also seemed to work ok.
How clean is everything? I guess I don't really know but looking through the site glass on the drier, I actually see 'bubbles' and a clear "liguid", so it did pretty well.