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Air conditiong line [message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 13:12 Go to next message
larry.whisler is currently offline  larry.whisler   
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Okay, it's summer and I decided to top up the duracool
in the a/c system.

Well, I have a leak in the a/c system. Right in the middle of the rubber
hose that connect to the accumulator/dryer.

Does any one have a replacement or fix for this hose? I have been to
3 different places and no one has hose fittings to replace the hose.

any suggestions?

larry

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318404 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 13:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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larry.whisler wrote on Sat, 03 June 2017 13:12
Okay, it's summer and I decided to top up the duracool in the a/c system.
Well, I have a leak in the a/c system. Right in the middle of the rubber hose that connect to the accumulator/dryer.

Does any one have a replacement or fix for this hose? I have been to 3 different places and no one has hose fittings to replace the hose.

any suggestions?

larry

Jim K

http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1096

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318410 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 14:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pjburt is currently offline  pjburt   United States
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I doubt you will find one at your conventional parts stores. Many AC shops can make any size hose you need.

Jerry Burt Fresno, CA.
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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318412 is a reply to message #318410] Sat, 03 June 2017 17:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
C Boyd is currently offline  C Boyd   United States
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Larry, my radiator shop makes new ac hoses. If this is the only leak you can cut the hose in the crack and use a barbed clamp connector.
Did you get your idle air straightened out?

C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318413 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 17:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
larry.whisler is currently offline  larry.whisler   
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I got the idle air problem straightened out. The hose has
a pretty big crack in it and I am guessing that if i try to
clamp it with a hose barb, I am going to have the same problem
in the near future.

I didn't realize that JimK had these so will probably call him
first thing Monday AM.

larry

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318421 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 18:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Burton is currently offline  Ken Burton   United States
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I had mine made at a local auto parts store in Valpo. It took about 10 minutes and was not expensive. There also is a local hydraulic hose place that will make AC hoses. I know of another auto parts store in Crown Point that makes them.

So try a local independent auto parts store, a local NAPA, a Farm supply like TSC, Big R, or Farm and Fleet, or call Blaine. One of them will know where to get a hose made. Bring your old one with you.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318424 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 19:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jon payne is currently offline  Jon payne   United States
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Larry,

Truck Services downtown on West Morris street can make you new hoses. They made two hoses for me, the suction line off the compressor and the line coming off the drier to the evaporator. Cost is about $75 each. They do great work.


Truck Service Inc. (sign on building says Indianapolis Springs for some reason).

3140 W Morris St, Indianapolis, IN 46241

Web site: http://www.calltruckservice.com/

Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318425 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 19:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jon payne is currently offline  Jon payne   United States
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Larry I sent you a PM with additional info.

JP

Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN

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Re: Air conditiong line [message #318430 is a reply to message #318403] Sat, 03 June 2017 21:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
larry.whisler is currently offline  larry.whisler   
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Jon,

sent u an email.

yeah, unfortunately this happened on the weekend when the places
to fix it aren't open.

larry

[Updated on: Sat, 03 June 2017 21:23]

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Re: [GMCnet] Air conditiong line [message #318460 is a reply to message #318430] Sun, 04 June 2017 13:03 Go to previous message
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It is all about the ends as we spend time looking for the correct ends from our suppliers.
I don't like what we charge for that and anything, but ordering in small quantities is main reason for high prices

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