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- Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:26 am
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: Micron gauge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6204
Re: Micron gauge
Tee it into your vacuum pump- anything below 500 microns is excellent--but it all depends on your vacuum pump's ability to pull a good vacuum- you can always deadhead the micron gauge directly into the vacuum pump to test the pump only- and its ability to pull a good vacuum- some vacuum pumps are wo...
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:23 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: Why aren't V7s used everywhere?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11513
Re: Why aren't V7s used everywhere?
V-7s and V-5 need to be mounted with control valve at 6 o'clock or near that-- 5 to 7 o'clock will work-- it is for oil splash inside the crankcase. A V-5 will do as good as the V-7 in my opinion. I have seen too many V-7s run low on charge and burn up inside on the S truck application-- I usually r...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:42 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: 1997 Suburban
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5971
Re: 1997 Suburban
Your OEM accumulator has the oil part number on the label- google it and see specifications. The oil won't go in the discharge hole of the compressor (the small one) there is not enough room in that cavity-- but it will all go in the suction port- the larger port (and pipe) there should be an "...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 4:46 am
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: High side line temp from comp thru condensor and up to h block
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9680
Re: High side line temp from comp thru condensor and up to h block
If the condenser s doing its job the temp should drop from inlet to outlet-- thus "condensing" occurs-- that is why it is set up to have air blown across it- to cool the refrigerant inside that allows it to change state- from a gas to liquid....if there were no cooling- there would be hot ...
- Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:26 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: Gaskets are wrong?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4443
Re: Gaskets are wrong?
A new service compressor uses 134a port configuration- which needs to be adapted back to r-12 hose manifold as is yours...so you use the sealing washers in your kit- never use the aluminum port locators-(metal stubs you called them) (sleeves) in the kit- I have been doing a/c for 25 yrs and have nev...
- Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:48 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: 1994 Chevy 1500 AC clutch clicking on and off
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14376
Re: 1994 Chevy 1500 AC clutch clicking on and off
I hope you pull adequate vacuum first--and you always charge by weight- not pressures in automotive a/c....so don't ask for pressure specs- there are none...just opinions
- Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:38 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: 1994 Chevy 1500 AC clutch clicking on and off
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14376
Re: 1994 Chevy 1500 AC clutch clicking on and off
One can is 12 ounces- your truck holds 2 lb or 32 ounces- so you need almost 3 cans. You have trouble getting the first can all in because it is almost empty- put another can on, then another and be happy. The compressor will suck refrigerant in and stop cycling so rapidly when you get enough "...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:56 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: 98 Buick Park Avenue, AC low pressure too high
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7898
Re: 98 Buick Park Avenue, AC low pressure too high
There is NO low pressure switch on your 1998 vehicle!!!! Low pressure switches stopped on "C/H" cars in 1996! which used an HD-6 compressor. 1996+ MY "C/H" cars utilizes a V-5 variable stroke compressor- that averts evaporator freeze-up by destroking the displacement. You have a ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:38 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: GM R4 Compressor - New Scroll Design. Better than Piston Type ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 40621
Re: GM R4 Compressor - New Scroll Design. Better than Piston Type ?
Every scroll I have run or seen on current vehicles have a need for speed- every one of their owners complain of no cooling at idle. Suction pressure is in the 60s at idle- will drop to 30s at 3500 erpm.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
- Topic: Rebuilding my V5. How do you add the Oil?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4229
Re: Rebuilding my V5. How do you add the Oil?
Did you know that at the assembly plant that the entire system oil charge- 9 ozs was in the belly of the compressor upon compressor install and was pumped out of the compressor at engine start-up??? So now you are worried about where to put it?? Don't be. Every compressor ever installed on any car h...