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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:25 PM
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After removing the waterpump! And look at all that oil !! That will be the next project for sure!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:29 PM
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Getting that old compressor off!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:32 PM
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Time to put that pretty new compressor on!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:48 PM
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Drained the old compressor and there was not much oil in it and it had green dye in it! #surprise
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:52 PM
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Check out this pretty little orifice tube!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:55 PM
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Cleaned up my waterpump and got those stupid paper gaskets off!
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Pulling a vacum!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 09:02 PM
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Almost Done!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:36 PM
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Wow! What a great bargain. Thinking of ordering one just to have on the shelf.
Nice write up!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:40 PM
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Well my husband and I finished installing my new AC Compressor, Orifice Tube, Accumulator and gaskets for the waterpump!! I appreciate all the help and answers to my many questions, it made the job a lot faster!
I'm gonna share some of the photos and yes I know I have a bad oil leak and yes we are going to be fixing it next...
By having good folks on here telling me where to get the best deal on the parts I needed for this job to the writeups that I was told to look at for installation I have to say really help us out!
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now check out my video to see how cold it gets!!
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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by marc a
3x on the Amazon Kit and Rocco's how to . . . make sure you get the suction screen it's AC Delco p/n 15-2817. Also, use mineral oil on o-rings, not PAG oil.

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Thanks for the input! We did put the screen in and all is good
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