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Old Aug 11, 2016 | 12:50 PM
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well found the headach for the ac, played aroiund and just ahppened to touch the pressure cycling switch and the compreessor kicked on, paper clipped the plug and it worked, but when i attach the plug to the switch i have to jiggle it to work, my question is do i need to evacute the system to change the switch, it sure is nce having ac again..lol
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Not sure but believe it will screw off without loosening charge.
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Switch screws on to a Schrader valve fitting = no loss of Freon when changing the pressure switch.
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Switch screws on to a Schrader valve fitting = no loss of Freon when changing the pressure switch.
Woooo Hooo, finally an easy issue....lmao
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Originally Posted by Churchkey
Switch screws on to a Schrader valve fitting = no loss of Freon when changing the pressure switch.
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Originally Posted by FOURSPEEDVETTE
Yes autozone $11.99 and its ice ice baby....should have changed that before the conversion 2 years ago...probably was the only issue....lol
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Yes autozone $11.99 and its ice ice baby....should have changed that before the conversion 2 years ago...probably was the only issue....lol
good job
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