I'll admit I am a little upset about Farrar's progress. I was thinking about putting AC in the Mustang just to brag about it to Farrar but now its pointless since he is almost finished.
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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I'll admit I am a little upset about Farrar's progress. I was thinking about putting AC in the Mustang just to brag about it to Farrar but now its pointless since he is almost finished.
Location: Leonardtown, MD
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My suggestion is use the standard orifice. Any bend on the VOV valve will stop it from working.
Location: Fort Lauderdale
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My VIN: 02613
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Don't forget that it will take me a week to change the orifice tube.Originally Posted by stevedmc
Since I have one, that's what I plan on doing. Removing what's left of Hervey's VOV will doubtless destroy it, and I only got it because I was ordering new hoses and compressor from him and it was worth saving on shipping. I've since read about owners using the stock orifice tube with R-134a having no complaints about cooling performance, and it came included with the evaporator from DMC Midwest.
Saturday will be the big day, I suppose...
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: North GA
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You're welcome, Farrar.Link!!!
Thanks be to Google.
No offense Ron, but your post came across as a little know-it-all-ish. Have you been taking lessons from David Teitelbaum?
Edit: After studying Fig. 23 on page N:03:02 of the Workshop Manual, it looks like the short end of the orifice tube does indeed point toward the evaporator. (Although I didn't catch it on film, I had installed the long end in that direction.) I tried searching for photographic evidence of either direction of installing it online, but turned up nothing, so I will have to trust the sometimes-wrong Workshop Manual. This will make installing the bent tube a bit trickier, but shouldn't be too bad. I don't have an orifice tube removal tool, but if it's needed I can rent/borrow one from the nearest parts house.
Location: Fort Lauderdale
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And since I can no longer avoid extreme snark and condescension even on MY OWN THREAD, I will leave DMCTalk. Bye, y'all. It was fun.
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 3,047
My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
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Location: Atlanta
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Location: Olathe, KS
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My VIN: 11596
Farrar I have like 3 orifice valves. You can have one for free if you need one.
Andy Lien
VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 3,047
My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
Club(s): (GCD) (SEDOC) (DCUK)
We demand an AC update!
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 3,047
My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
Club(s): (GCD) (SEDOC) (DCUK)
Because Farrar has not updated this thread, I have started a new poll.
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?48...rrar-be-banned
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