AC schrader valve...
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AC schrader valve...
hey all... I decided today to add AC to my 86 so I installed a compressor, drier, and a few other misc. components. The lines didnt have schrader valves in them so i tried putting them in, but having issues finding the right kind. So far I tried using the short core valves that they sell at Advanced auto in the tire repair kits. And I also tried using a long core valve w/ an external spring (the kind used in bicycles w/ skinny tires) but that didnt work either. I dont have an original so I dont really know which other types to try... Any suggestions?
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Yea I was going to do that but there are 2 junkyards i Ft. Lauderdale that I know about the keeps rx7s and they didnt have any (well Upullit had a crashed vert, but it was fully stripped ac lines and all)... Also, since schrader valves are so cheap, i wouldnt mind buying them new... I just need to know which type
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hey all... I decided today to add AC to my 86 so I installed a compressor, drier, and a few other misc. components. The lines didnt have schrader valves in them so i tried putting them in, but having issues finding the right kind. So far I tried using the short core valves that they sell at Advanced auto in the tire repair kits. And I also tried using a long core valve w/ an external spring (the kind used in bicycles w/ skinny tires) but that didnt work either. I dont have an original so I dont really know which other types to try... Any suggestions?
Get new schraeder valves! You wouldn't go to the salvage yard to find replacement O-rings would you? Those junkyard valves are dried up and will leak.
Go to a real part store like advanced or autozone or even napa. Find someone older than 40 yrs old-someone who knows about *paper* not computers. If the guy you ask starts out with -what year is your car-you have the wrong guy.
Get a new drier too. Take the old one in to match up. There are a couple of different parts listed on the 'puters that won't fit.
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Get new schraeder valves! You wouldn't go to the salvage yard to find replacement O-rings would you? Those junkyard valves are dried up and will leak.
Go to a real part store like advanced or autozone or even napa. Find someone older than 40 yrs old-someone who knows about *paper* not computers. If the guy you ask starts out with -what year is your car-you have the wrong guy.
Get a new drier too. Take the old one in to match up. There are a couple of different parts listed on the 'puters that won't fit.
Go to a real part store like advanced or autozone or even napa. Find someone older than 40 yrs old-someone who knows about *paper* not computers. If the guy you ask starts out with -what year is your car-you have the wrong guy.
Get a new drier too. Take the old one in to match up. There are a couple of different parts listed on the 'puters that won't fit.
it's really not a big deal, if you make sure the valves are clean then they shouldn't leak. it's not like they really wear out or anything..
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You might try one of the local A/C shops---they might even just give them to you. I'm pretty sure all the old R-12 ones were the same size, high and low side---and uhm----don't forget the caps. The caps are the true system seals.
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