Adding PAG oil after A/C repair

[fastpakr]

It's definitely missing. I popped it apart before heading in to work and confirmed. Especially frustrating since I installed a new spring while I was flushing the hose. Must have fallen out during installation.

 

[Craig0320]

Yeah makes you wonder how much the spring expands and bites when you push them together. Mine hasn't popped off since. But I am still weary of it.

 

[Denisefwd93]

I read somewhereyou have to hear the "click" when you put those fittings together,

but then the pop apart preventing clip goes over it, I saved mine but I don't know where to buy them new.

 

[fastpakr]

Yeah, I'm not sure what I did with those clips on mine. Probably laying in the driveway somewhere in between all the random tools I've been using.

 

[Craig0320]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-C-Refrigerant-Hose-Line-Spring-Lock-MOTORCRAFT-YF-991/281996451017?fits=Make:Ford|Model:Ranger&epid=115127586&hash=item41a84c5cc9:g:2vMAAOSwwwRbHswC:sc:USPSFirstClass!39574!US!-1&_sacat=0&_nkw=ford+ranger+ac+line+spring+lock&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0

Found a bunch of the springs.

 

[fastpakr]

You can get kits with all the springs and o-rings you need for $5-15. I probably still have a few extras in the basement, just need to wander around and find them. Mostly frustrated that I put a new one in, and have now wasted three cans of freon.

 

[Denisefwd93]

Well at least you don't have a hole the size of Brooklyn in the ozone layer like I do from a lifetime of venting CFCs on air conditioners as big as our trucks LOL this was prior to EPA law

 

[JerryC]

You can get kits with all the springs and o-rings you need for $5-15. I probably still have a few extras in the basement, just need to wander around and find them. Mostly frustrated that I put a new one in, and have now wasted three cans of freon.

I was charging my system and the connection blew off at the condenser. Where was the hose pointed when about two cans of refrigerant came blasting out? My face. Good thing I was wearing glasses.

I thought it locked in there but seems not, next time I triple checked it was all the way locked in.

 

[Craig0320]

I like the connector design. They are easy to get off. But I still do not fully trust them.

 

[Denisefwd93]

Y'all could wind wire in a way to keep those joints from pulling apart, and they do move, I saw that, although the distance all the way in and back against the clip of the spring is probably very small they do move that much especially the larger ones

 

[Craig0320]

There are keepers that go over the joints from the factory.

 

[Denisefwd93]

There are keepers that go over the joints from the factory.

I know, I'm the one that brought it up LOL I can't find anywhere to buy them glad I saved mine
Still searching, these;
https://www.ebay.com/i/282977636050?chn=ps&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fi%252F282977636050%253Fchn%253Dps%26itemid%3D282977636050%26targetid%3D477790246745%26device%3Dm%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9007219%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D1489277946%26adgroupid%3D59088561058%26rlsatarget%3Dpla-477790246745%26abcId%3D1139306%26merchantid%3D101684824%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwqarbBRBtEiwArlfEIJLgqm077Wx1IX5DqtbWXfuLr4wJI5zdSUMOAHDM8AAgJOmV6TdpHBoCK1wQAvD_BwE%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1625439231006%26rvr_ts%3D1aa7af251650a860cd840405ffeec503

 

[Denisefwd93]

Ah!

Found this on a Mopar
They don't list Ford all you would really need to know is the diameter of the connection which is larger than the tubing itself so you probably should use a caliper to measure it. They aren't cheap!
https://www.ebay.com/p/Mopar-OEM-4596153-a-C-Condenser-Compressor-Lines-AC-Line-Clip/1011273431?iid=263410364458&chn=ps&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fp%252FMopar-OEM-4596153-a-C-Condenser-Compressor-Lines-AC-Line-Clip%252F1011273431%253Fiid%253D263410364458%2526chn%253Dps%26itemid%3D263410364458%26targetid%3D484681408771%26device%3Dm%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9007219%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D1497324383%26adgroupid%3D60383707880%26rlsatarget%3Dpla-484681408771%26abcId%3D1139456%26merchantid%3D6296724%26gclid%3DCjwKCAjwqarbBRBtEiwArlfEICS9XpzYF4v0B57913upK3_imMdohGxUSF3_kcJPifn4VomWJhvQshoCFuoQAvD_BwE%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1625185682116%26rvr_ts%3D1ab693441650ab61b797b03cfff07bf2


link

 

[fastpakr]

Those things are surprisingly expensive. $12 or so each.
https://www.morris4x4center.com/a-c-quick-disconnect-clip-4596152.html

 

[Denisefwd93]

Those things are surprisingly expensive. $12 or so each.
https://www.morris4x4center.com/a-c-quick-disconnect-clip-4596152.html

Lol GMTA