Is it a must to take off A/C radiator for Cam install
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Is it a must to take off A/C radiator for Cam install Im getting really close to getting the cam in there but wondered if I really had to take off the A/C radiator and discharge the system.
Just discharge it, especially if it's your first cam swap. It saved me a ton of hassles. All it took to fill was two bottles of R-134a and a $5 filling hose at autozone. It's actually colder now than it was before.
Originally Posted by CamTom12
Just discharge it, especially if it's your first cam swap. It saved me a ton of hassles. All it took to fill was two bottles of R-134a and a $5 filling hose at autozone. It's actually colder now than it was before.
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Originally Posted by CamTom12
Just discharge it, especially if it's your first cam swap. It saved me a ton of hassles. All it took to fill was two bottles of R-134a and a $5 filling hose at autozone. It's actually colder now than it was before.
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I do alot of AC work so remember that if you discharge your system and open it up to remove your condensor, if it's open for more than 15 minutes or so you NEED a new dryer. It's just the way it is.
Originally Posted by Racehead
I do alot of AC work so remember that if you discharge your system and open it up to remove your condensor, if it's open for more than 15 minutes or so you NEED a new dryer. It's just the way it is.
Since when? I had my motor out for 11 months... A/C went in with no problems, again for another 6 months and again no problems.....
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Originally Posted by Country Boy
Since when? I had my motor out for 11 months... A/C went in with no problems, again for another 6 months and again no problems.....
Did you know that you should replace the dryer once a year even if it's not opened up ?? Since your system was opened up and the dryer was not replaced right now you have an AC system that's full of moisture that's forming acid that's eating away at the metals from the inside out. By the time you know it has a problem you can get your wallet out to fix it. When you open the system up moisture gets in. There's no way around this. Moisture + the oil that's in AC systems makes acid.
Believe me I deal with this literally every week.
just move it out of the way. like jrp said, if u dont have a friend to carefully keep it at bay, then just use a bungee cord to keep it up or down. no reason to discharge
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Yeah. You can actually make removing the cam a one man operation. I just stuck a bucket underneath the condensor and pulled it (carefully) down out of the way.
Note: I had a friend helping...but I knew better than to just have him hold it...LOL.
Note: I had a friend helping...but I knew better than to just have him hold it...LOL.
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