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Old Jul 14, 2016 | 05:45 PM
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1984 C60
Been looking at several of the 'old posts' on this subject...
In the process of putting together the parts to make this happen.
New compressor, New Accumulator, new compressor --> accumulator lines.
Plan on flushing the rest of the components prior to charging.

Saw many comments along the lines of:
"I did swap out the low pressure cycling switch and from the standard .072 orifice tube to a .067 assembly."

Could someone please share part numbers/suppliers for the items above?
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Old Jul 14, 2016 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by IISeadogII
1984 C60
Been looking at several of the 'old posts' on this subject...
In the process of putting together the parts to make this happen.
New compressor, New Accumulator, new compressor --> accumulator lines.
Plan on flushing the rest of the components prior to charging.

Saw many comments along the lines of:
"I did swap out the low pressure cycling switch and from the standard .072 orifice tube to a .067 assembly."

Could someone please share part numbers/suppliers for the items above?
you might have been looking at one of my old threads/posts. the parts I used in my retrofit were FJC 3016 orifice tube (note: this a blue, ford, .067 orifice tube). the low pressure cycling switch is FJC 3225.

most of my parts and materials were from FJC, however, I did not buy direct from FJC. seems amazon and/or fleabay had the best pricing.

here's a link to FJC's .pdf catalog - http://www.fjcinc.com/wp-content/the...FJCcatalog.pdf
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Old Jul 14, 2016 | 09:14 PM
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I just had my 84 retrofitted with the R134 earlier this summer. I bought most of the pieces from Corvette Central.

I had a mechanic do the install. The one issue that occurred was the high pressure line burst. That line is no longer produced or available. Luckily my mechanic knew someone that could fix the line.
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