Howdy folks - So I double checked my temps at the condenser. I think the fact that one line was shiney metal and the other one spray painted matte black was causing a bad reading. With the bottom pipe now sprayed black, I did observe at least 15F drop across the condenser. I could also feel the temp...

Yes but on my other vehicles, even with all the doors open, giving an infinite volume of air, I can get vent temps down to at least 40F at 1500rpm.

that's correct, Tim.

T-Bird: All the stuff is new. New compressor, new lines, new condenser, new drier, new binary switch, new evap, new txv, etc, etc. Nothing grenaded and there is no debris. No filter in the TXV and no debris seen anywhere.

Damn, yeah that is pretty crazy huh. Thanks for pointing that out! Seems very weird. I'm going to make 100% sure of my temp readings at the condenser-in and -out lines. The out line (at the bottom) was shiny metal, I just shot some flat black paint on it so to be sure my IR gun isn't giving me a fal...

Howdy folks. Me again! I finally got some time to get back to it/ I replace the TXV with a new one from ACDelco. Certainly looks nicer than the one that came with my unit. The "BOWEI" unit is the original, you can see it says 1.5T on it. The new unit is rated at 1.5t as well, but doesnt sa...

Hey, I’ll try to get a photo when I’m back in town but the TXV does have some very faint lettering on it that says 1.5t r134a. Also, when I bought the evap unit it specified that it came with a 1.5t TXV. None of the lines come anywhere near anything hot, I’m afraid. Maybe you can see in my really ea...

Hey, thanks guys. Here's a link to my chart, it'll work better than the image I think: https://quick-jodhpur-b87.notion.site/Charging-Take-2-c707fdcafbae48e8a03213a2771f02d1 As far as my TXV, it does have some markings on it, looks like it is a 1.5 ton r-134a valve. I think I might replace it, actua...

Alrighty folks, finally got back at it today and charged the van back up. First of all, as you know I added in a second service port right by the overhead evap unit inside the van. This was to see pressure closer to the place where I was reading cold pipe temps with my infrared thermometer, and also...

So I just plumbed in this little guy. Got it vacuumed down, going to charge it up later this week and measure some pipe temps and pressures! I understand I’ll probably be going to a #12 pipe, but before I go ripping everything #10 out I want to make sure that doing so is absolutely necessary. Thanks...