Justwondering
Well-Known Member
This was my second all time exciting, involved car repair.
No extra parts left over... which is a big win in my book!
I started at 2:45 pm and finished about 7:10 which is a record for me. A repair that didn't string out over 2 or 3 days.
Used only 1 piece of fine looking cardboard (leaves me 1 more new piece to use on the Chrysler).
I removed the air handler, upper fan shroud, fan, lower fan shroud, belt. Whew!
The fan bolt required some persuasion (larger crescent, hammer, and penetrating fluid).
There where 4 plastic retainers that held the upper fan shroud to the lower fan shroud. I spent 30 minutes on one of the fasteners. Stubborn. I didn't want to make another 50 mile round trip for a fastener so I just kept working with it until it finally released.
Removed the bolts and electric plug to the compressor. Took off the hi- and low- pressure lines. Ditto with the accumulator/drier. Removed the plug, and lines.
The new drier was 2 inches shorter than the old drier. Ah well, its a generic from oreilly.
The orifice tube was a complete mystery. Its really a filter but it gets a hi-rent name: orifice tube. Who knew. Got the old one out, but the new one was not going in without a little lube plenty of persuasion with the end of a wrench gently tapping it into place.
I did flush lines and condenser. Put everything back together with new gaskets and made sure I didn't cross thread anything this time. Won't know til next week if I have any problems. Rain for the next 4 days so I'm putting off the refrigerant/vacuum til next week.
Best part: My tools didn't walk and fall all over. It was a little easier to keep track of wrenches and sockets until about 30 minutes from the end. Then my 'i'm tired and ready to go in cause its getting dark' attitude kicked in. Also used baggies to keep things straight in case the dogs ran through my work area again. They didn't, but I was ready for them.
Worst part: I cannot tell the difference between any of these dang bolt heads. I swear I am the worst at guessing. I did notice the marks on them and was better at guessing metric when needed, but beyond that... its like a tossed salad.
Smart move: I spent the extra 15 minutes moving 4 vehicles around so I was working under 3 trees on the flatest area with the greatest breeze. Which means a lot since humidity must have been 400% today.
I also went through 4 pair of gloves. 2 nitrile and 2 latex. None of them lasted. Any recommendations?
And yes, I'm am eating a piece of fine dove chocolate and basking in the glory of not losing any sockets nor having any parts left over this time.
No extra parts left over... which is a big win in my book!
I started at 2:45 pm and finished about 7:10 which is a record for me. A repair that didn't string out over 2 or 3 days.
Used only 1 piece of fine looking cardboard (leaves me 1 more new piece to use on the Chrysler).
I removed the air handler, upper fan shroud, fan, lower fan shroud, belt. Whew!
The fan bolt required some persuasion (larger crescent, hammer, and penetrating fluid).
There where 4 plastic retainers that held the upper fan shroud to the lower fan shroud. I spent 30 minutes on one of the fasteners. Stubborn. I didn't want to make another 50 mile round trip for a fastener so I just kept working with it until it finally released.
Removed the bolts and electric plug to the compressor. Took off the hi- and low- pressure lines. Ditto with the accumulator/drier. Removed the plug, and lines.
The new drier was 2 inches shorter than the old drier. Ah well, its a generic from oreilly.
The orifice tube was a complete mystery. Its really a filter but it gets a hi-rent name: orifice tube. Who knew. Got the old one out, but the new one was not going in without a little lube plenty of persuasion with the end of a wrench gently tapping it into place.
I did flush lines and condenser. Put everything back together with new gaskets and made sure I didn't cross thread anything this time. Won't know til next week if I have any problems. Rain for the next 4 days so I'm putting off the refrigerant/vacuum til next week.
Best part: My tools didn't walk and fall all over. It was a little easier to keep track of wrenches and sockets until about 30 minutes from the end. Then my 'i'm tired and ready to go in cause its getting dark' attitude kicked in. Also used baggies to keep things straight in case the dogs ran through my work area again. They didn't, but I was ready for them.
Worst part: I cannot tell the difference between any of these dang bolt heads. I swear I am the worst at guessing. I did notice the marks on them and was better at guessing metric when needed, but beyond that... its like a tossed salad.
Smart move: I spent the extra 15 minutes moving 4 vehicles around so I was working under 3 trees on the flatest area with the greatest breeze. Which means a lot since humidity must have been 400% today.
I also went through 4 pair of gloves. 2 nitrile and 2 latex. None of them lasted. Any recommendations?
And yes, I'm am eating a piece of fine dove chocolate and basking in the glory of not losing any sockets nor having any parts left over this time.
