Robert Cardo wrote:
> It is possihble to splice into the low pressure side of the lines
> without any consequence, as long as you double clamp the splice.
> The high pressure side is another story and I wouldn't advise splicing
> it.
> I know it has been done, and I have done this in the past myself.
> The high pressure side splices have a tendancy to leak simply due to the
> high pressure in that side of the AC system.
> Now, here is another thought.
> Be prepared to buy another condensor when you replace the high pressure
> line to it.
> I would almost bet that the fitting at the condensor is frozen solid,
> and you will destroy it upon removal being that it's in a direct line of
> the blast of whatever hits the Van first--right behind the grill.
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> RC
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It seems to me that both of the long lines in the late model factory AC
have high pressure on them when the system is operating.  Low pressure
would be only the evaporator and its return line to the compressor.

Larry A.