Same mouse (I guess) ate my headliner, too.

So A/C duct and evap housing was down anyway, to replace the headliner.

Nice new Alcantara style now:

http://www.v6bus.de/Himmeldran.jpg

What a nightmare! Half the vehicle torn apart for that little
mouse...and the cleaning!!!

Raimund

Am 06.07.2018 um 19:26 schrieb Raimund Feussner:
> Got a few, pheww!
>
> Replacement reason is a f**k**g mouse munching through the low pressure
> hose coming from the evap down the D-pillar.
> Behind the taillight, where the hose makes the 90° turn into horizontal,
> it created a leak (hope its nose froze off!).
>
> Unfortunately, rain etc exactly hit that hole and set the compressor
> under water: Blocked and crumbled.
>
> Luckily, no (fluid) water anywhere else. So hose repaired, new
> compressor, new drier, new expansion valve (old one was greasy when I
> installed years ago) and blowing out the system (with Nitrogen).
>
> Compressor, Drier and refilling tomorrow.
>
> Raimund
>
> Am 06.07.2018 um 17:02 schrieb Dennis Haynes:
>>
>> Sorry,
>>
>> Sometimes I forget that there are folks from many different places
>> where accessibility for some stuff is different.
>>
>> If you have the new part, you can use that for a guide for the o-ring.
>> The ring need an inner ID to fit a tube going into that bore and the
>> OD a snug fit into the step opening, thickness to be just above the
>> top of the fitting, that is where the real seal occurs when the hose
>> is tightened.
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, why are you looking to change the filter/dryer?
>> Is this part of other repairs? They last forever or until contaminated
>> by a system failure or bad repairs, or the outer casing rusts through.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
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>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> on behalf of
>> Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 6, 2018 8:14:05 AM
>> *To:* vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> *Subject:* Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
>> That´s the point, I have no sample available and don´t know which
>> standardized size this is!
>> I wanted to exchange the drier tomorrow, need new o-rings, and don´t
>> have access to the vehicle until late this evening.
>>
>> A/C are still kept a secret in Germany. :-(
>>
>> Thanks Frank for the offer, but US->Germany for tomorrow...no!
>>
>>
>> Raimund
>>
>>
>> Am 06.07.2018 um 10:10 schrieb Frank Condelli:
>> >� � � � � � � � ��  I cannot tell you the size but we do have 10 of
>> them in
>> stock.�
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>> >
>> >
>> >> On Jul 6, 2018, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor
>> <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Team,
>> >>
>> >> can someone please urgently tell me the size of the Vanagon 86+ A/C
>> >> dryer O-rings?
>> >>
>> >> I think OE number is 803 260 749.
>> > Cheers,
>> >
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