[DeTomaso] A/C hose question

[Thomas Tornblom]

Charles McCall skrev:
> OK, so general consensus is that o-rings seal better than flared fittings.
> But to change over to o-rings if my car is equipped for flare fittings means
> changing the compressor, the evaporator, condensor, etc, since all those
> things are set up for flared fittings?

No, your car is most likely like mine, and have O-ring fittings 
everywhere except at the compressor, and if you have swapped the 
compressor, chances are that your compressor are set up for O-rings, but 
have adapters to connect to the old flared hoses, and removing those 
adapters allow you to use O-rings there also.

> 
> This would be good advice if starting from scratch, but if you are trying to
> replace existing hoses you are kind of stuck, right?
> 
> Thanks to everyone for the answers...
> Charles McCall
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
> "Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
> http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/
>  

Cheers,
Thomas

> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
> nombre de forestg at att.net
> Enviado el: Saturday, 16 December, 2006 1:11 AM
> Para: detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] A/C hose question
> 
> The flared fittings are what was used originally with R-12. The o-ring
> fittings are what are used with R-134. I would use o-ring fittings wherever
> you can as they seal better, even for R12.
> Forest
> 
> -------------- Original message from "Charles McCall"
> <CharlesMcCall at telefonica.net>: -------------- 
> 
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Last weekend we held the first ever Spanish DeTomaso Club Tech 
>> Session, assisted by special guest Mike Drew.
>>
>> The new rear a-arms went on without any significant problems, the new 
>> offset bushings went on up front relatively easily... I haven't had 
>> the car aligned yet, so I am waiting to report on handling changes..
>>
>> We pulled the old A/C hoses off and went to install the new ones, 
>> ordered from a prominent Pantera supplier. It was immediately obvious 
>> that that wasn't going to happen - the connectors are completely
> different.
>> The most likely explanation is that I have R12 and the vendor sent me 
>> connections for R134, or vice versa. I ordered R12, since that is what 
>> I imagined came stock on my GT5-S. But someone told me that they 
>> thought the fittings on my car were for R134. I'd feel silly yelling 
>> at the vendor and then finding out that they sent me exactly what I
> ordered.
>> Could someone please look at the photo at 
>> http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/Hoses
>> and tell me which is R134 and which is R12? 
>>
>> Thank you! 
>>
>> Charles McCall
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>> "Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe" 
>> http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/
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