Im helping a friend with a 98 Expedition, changing out a locked up compressor and accumulator. The compressor appears to have locked up due to lack of oil. There was zero oil in the compressor. Not even a film, and the shaft just seized on one of the bearings while the truck was sitting unused for 5 years...
Im about to blow a gasket right now and go ape @#$% cause I cant the the accumulator to lock onto the evaporator connection on the fire wall. It just flat refuses to go over it, and Im leaving impressions of the spring in the soft aluminium because it just isnt expanding the way its supposed to around the flared end of the evaporator so that it can lock. Ive tried using the disconnect tool in reverse, and Ive tried making shims out of .005 feeler gauge. I cant get anything to stay in it to keep the spring expanded long enough for me to get it on the fitting. This situation is made more difficult because its so difficult to get to between the [censored] huge 5.4L and the firewall.
Ive used these fittings a few times, both on Ford fuel lines and A/C lines, and they always just work fairly easily. Which makes it all the more frustrating that I cant get this one to work right.
Any ideas?
Im about to blow a gasket right now and go ape @#$% cause I cant the the accumulator to lock onto the evaporator connection on the fire wall. It just flat refuses to go over it, and Im leaving impressions of the spring in the soft aluminium because it just isnt expanding the way its supposed to around the flared end of the evaporator so that it can lock. Ive tried using the disconnect tool in reverse, and Ive tried making shims out of .005 feeler gauge. I cant get anything to stay in it to keep the spring expanded long enough for me to get it on the fitting. This situation is made more difficult because its so difficult to get to between the [censored] huge 5.4L and the firewall.
Ive used these fittings a few times, both on Ford fuel lines and A/C lines, and they always just work fairly easily. Which makes it all the more frustrating that I cant get this one to work right.
Any ideas?