dr bob

Try a local rental store. Next option a welding supply store. They may not rent you a small tank & Regulator but may know someone who will.

Speedtoys

Came down to my buddys shop.

We found a pinhole leak in part of the brazing on the brand new expansion valve.

Grabbed some household copper and TIG'd it up. Didnt have any bronze rod...copper works.

Held vacuum, but under R134 pressure, theres a light slow pop/hiss at the comressor. *le sigh*

Because those lines need to be clocked just right and I'm out of free weekend, I'll have a friends shop do it next week..I'm 99.99% there, and happy that I accomplished the grunt work required so far.

dr bob

Isn't that tube manifold part of the drier?

Appreciate the "*le sigh*" on the compressor hiss/pop. I did the whole conversion (I thought) and presure tested, vacuum tested, loaded oil, vacuum again overnight to boil out any possble moisture. Charged the next morning, had icecube-cold air. Nice! Then the hiss/pop at the compressor. Turns out I'd missed the o-rings under the manifold plates, and one had decided that it couldn't survive with the new POE oil and R-134a refrigerant. By that time I was getting pretty good at R&R the compressor and the heat shields, but it would have been more fun if it had worked correctly the first time.

Good thing I'd invested in the cylinder of R-134a instead of trying to do it with little cans.

Speedtoys

With the new compressor, I did not replace the O rings under the compressor manifold plates, I left them alone.

Might be a slightly loose fitting, dunno, wont be my problem later this week.

BC

Updates?

Speedtoys

none from me.wet season..will be back in there in May