Won't you need it as a template for the replacement?

On 6/18/08 12:18 PM, "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>> You can snake the old one out in less than half an hour. Putting
>> the new one back in, with a bottle of soap handy, is easier than removing
>> the old hardened hose.
>
> Cut the bugger in sections --- it will fall out.
> JC...
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
>
>> I agree with Ken. I just did that, and the cost was as he quoted. Don't buy
>> the hose. You can snake the old one out in less than half an hour. Putting
>> the new one back in, with a bottle of soap handy, is easier than removing
>> the old hardened hose.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:
>>
>>> Take your old line off, go to a local A/C shop or hydraulic hose shop,
>>> get them to make you a new one, it will be around $95 or maybe less.
>>> That is the cheapest/best way to go. Hope this helps,
>>> Ken Wilford
>>> John 3:16
>>> www.vanagain.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jack R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> My 84 Westy has a leak in the AC line, (high side) in the rubber hose,
>>>> about
>>>> 12 inches from the compressor, beyond the ridged line.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I price the replacement hose which runs from the back all the way forward
>>>> to
>>>> the condenser, the cost of this line in excess of $325.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wondered if anyone has come up with an alternate solution to replacing
>>>> the
>>>> entire line.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions welcome. no rush, as it is currently 59 degrees in
>>>> Detroit!!! But, I know summer is going to be here soon. I hope!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jack R.
>>>>
>>>> 84 Westy Wolfie.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>