AC compressor, dryer, and orifice tube install
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From: harlingen, tx thats way down south
AC compressor, dryer, and orifice tube install how hard is it to install the ac compressor dryer and orifice tube in an 01 bird, it went out on my car and i wanna fix it as our texas summer is soon begginning. hope i put this in the right area, thanks
As long as you have the proper equipment/tools it shouldn't be that tough. All of that stuff is under the hood, so you don't have to tear into the dash or anything. I'm assuming you mean the accumulator when you say the 'dryer', correct? Do you have recovery/vacuum/recharge equipment?
Its easy with hand tools. The orifice tube is in the lower of 2 hard lines going to the evaporator core, in the engine bay. The line is slightly enlarged a few inches where it connects like 01ssreda4 describes. If you have AIR, make sure the AIR tube isn't too close to the line. I have AR headers and they were close enough to wear a flat spot on the lower hard line. Had it recharged after I installed compressor, dryer, orifice tube, and boom. Held for about 15min and the hard line cracked at the flat spot. I've had a new one on order from gmpartsdirect, but they must store them in china...
