A/C pressure hose

[james bolick]

Phil Stewart said: a fitting on the high pressure hose on the air
conditioner compressor blew letting all my freon out of the system and about
$500 escape my wallet to get the thing repaired.

Phil, $500.00!!! Whoa, back around the "turn of the century" when I was
crossing Texas, my high pressure hose on the dash A/C blew and I stopped at
a auto A/C shop in Sonora, Texas. They had to have the hose made and used
three can's of 134A, total bill $134.00 installed and driving away with nice
cold air. Ma hearts a'bleed'n fer ya.

Jim Bolick
'73 Painted Desert

 

[philip l. stewart]

> Phil Stewart said: a fitting on the high pressure hose on the air
> conditioner compressor blew letting all my freon out of the system and about
> $500 escape my wallet to get the thing repaired.
>
> Phil, $500.00!!! Whoa, back around the "turn of the century" when I was
> crossing Texas, my high pressure hose on the dash A/C blew and I stopped at
> a auto A/C shop in Sonora, Texas. They had to have the hose made and used
> three can's of 134A, total bill $134.00 installed and driving away with nice
> cold air. Ma hearts a'bleed'n fer ya.

Yeah, Jim, I felt a bleeding too when I paid for my mistake. In my case R12
was put back in, along with a new low pressure cut off switch and dryer since
the system had to opened up to the SE TN humiidty. Also I had both hoses made
and put on. I believe the parts totalled about $250 and and the shop labor
(about 4 hours at $50 each) plus TN sales taxes accounted for the rest. Like I
said it was an expensive lesson for me to learn to not block air flow through
the condenser to perform a fan clutch test. I wish I had just replaced the
clutch when I didn't hear the roar. This is what happened to me, so I'm just
passing it on.
Phil Stewart
'76 Transmode, TN