iviper123
Recruit
i am trying to disconect my ac lines from my condenser but with no luck i have used a lot of force on the connectors but they wont budge am i missing anything?
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ideas?
- Thread starter iviper123
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dangerousdave
1994 6.5 Suburban
Spray with PB Blaster;
Whack on them :smash
not enough to bend or break 'em) after spraying to agitate the atoms a little,
let set over night.
Worked for me.
Whack on them :smash
not enough to bend or break 'em) after spraying to agitate the atoms a little, let set over night.
Worked for me.
iviper123
Recruit
i did pb blast them, a week or so ago, while i was working on them
Turboman
New Member
What is PB Blaster? I see references to this, but don't know what it is.
- Staff
- #5
The aluminum and steel are quick to freeze together. Unfortunately it is rather common for this to happen and it normallt results in replacing the lines and condenser. I used a little heat to get one of mine apart, but the other just took the threads right off of the aluminum threads of the condenser.
Matt Bachand
Depends on the 6.5
It's like a WD-40 type lube/penetrating oil. Really good stuff, not good for inside house, stinks. They sell it everywehre they sell WD-40
Odlaw
Redneck
Make sure after spraying it down with penetrating lube, you use two wrenches (they have a term for it but I can never remember what it's called). Basically, put the two wrenches on the nuts so that squeezing the handles together(like pliers) will move the nuts in the right direction. You get incredible torque using this method, you won't twist any fittings off or damage lines and/or components and when it does break loose your wrench won't damage anything.....especially your knuckles! You still have the chance of ripping the threads off as mentioned above - not much you can do about that. I put anti-seize on my threads when reinstalling.
Good luck.
Smitty
Good luck.
Smitty
YORKY
New Member
Get it at Canada Tyre Simon ,used it on my injectors, worked great.
Tony
Tony
hereismylife
formerly j k auto
You can also use seafoam. It is a little better then the blaster. Also if you have a small tourch heat the lines up pretty good and wait 15 sec n try to loosen them with the 2 wrench idea in the post before.... good luck...
iviper123
Recruit
thabks, im trying to save my parts especially the condenser(most expensive part lol)
Odlaw
Redneck
You must not have priced the compressor yet....
I paid $140.00 for my condenser and $240.00 (IIRC) for the compressor.
If your condenser is in bad shape I would replace it. Mine probably only had 20-30 % air flow through it.
Now when idling, I can make my nipples turn blue! - none of that crappy 50 degree duct temp anymore.