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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 12:02 PM
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Hi,
Ive almost completed my barn find restoration over the lock down period, however I have a broken pipe on what I assume is the aircon, but I dont know what its call to know what to look for as a replacment. Does anyone know the common name for this as search for "pipes" on car part sites returns a world of stuff



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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 12:08 PM
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Looks like the high pressure line for the a/c compressor.
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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 12:31 PM
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Choose your year.
https://www.zip-corvette.com/68-82-c...ssemblies.html
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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 12:44 PM
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Ac return line from accumulator ..low pressure..
high pressure goes to condenser..
hoses available, bo clue why they cut it
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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 01:05 PM
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Awesome thank you everybody, apparently it does have multiple names on various sites so thanks for the links, ordered and soon to be fitted, thanks guys
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 05:20 PM
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The rube that was working on the A/C couldn't break the connection fittings loose???? "Break out the Sawz-all !!"

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The chap I got this car from apparently only had a variety of hammers to work with, most everything that has been "fixed" was brute forced off, there's barely a plastic clip still in one piece anywhere on the car, its amazing the centre console doesn't just fall off
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Ouch!! You have my sympathies...
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