[DeTomaso] A/C hose question

[Forest Goodhart]

What I would do is take your old hoses to a hose shop and have them make up 
a set to match and return the new ones you have for a refund. The next best 
thing would be to measure each hose for length and diameter and note what 
type of fitting is on each end. Send this info and the new hoses back to 
whoever you bought them from and ask for them to match yours. What I did was 
to buy hose and Imperial brand reusable ends and made up my own to fit.
Good luck,
Forest
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <CharlesMcCall at telefonica.net>
To: <forestg at att.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 3:17 AM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] A/C hose question


> 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?
>
> 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/
>
>
> -----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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