[Lyricalruby]

The temperature is rapidly rising and I have no ac and two little ones that ride with the constantly. Recently in the part I had vacuumed down the system but would lose vacuum rather quickly. I thought it was my gauges at first. Well today I was taking a look around to see where it might be leaking. After a min all of a sudden I noticed this...

No idea how that happened.... Or when... So ]am assuming I need a new compressor. What should I ?look out for ⁶

 

[MERCrunner]

Not exactly sure what you are inferring...but, are you showing that the two mtg bolts for attaching the manifold are missing?

 

[Lyricalruby]

The manifold line is actually pulled off and disconnected. The green is the orings for the compressor. There's only one bolt for the manifold........ Right? >.>

 

[MERCrunner]

You are correct...one bolt. Sorry about that. I don't know if there is a good answer as to whether you'll need a new compressor or not. If it were me and I was servicing the a/c system myself, I'd take a chance on keeping that one. If it didn't work out, all you're out is a couple cans of freon and your time. Different story if you are paying someone hundreds of dollars in labor to do the work. This is all dependent on whether the compressor clutch still turns by hand and isn't seized from loss of lubrication.

 

[Lyricalruby]

Im looking more for what to look for if you were to do a JY pull for one...
Edit: I realize now that's probably not a smart move

 

[Lyricalruby]

I did put fresh oil in it when I installed it, but of course now it will have lost that. Im assuming that I'll have to uninstall it to see how much oil may be left in it. And to see if clutch spins freely. And of course the dryer will have to be replaced. Manifold line flushed ..... Condenser.... Not sure how to verify that one.

 

[Automender12345]

So what happened to have let the manifold come loose? Was the bolt not torqued properly or was the threads stripped in the compressor? Or am I not seeing what actually happened..

 

[Lyricalruby]

It's either the wrong bolt or I didn't put it on all the way like I thought I did. It doesn't seem to want to grab. Unless im doing something wrong. I put the manifold line on, then holding it, put the bolt in and..... Free spin... Lol there's a notch on the manifold line like it should slide over the bolt or something?

I remember when I did the ac, it was late at night... Like late late and my kids had school in the morning and I was trying to get it done and the car back running before school.....

 

[Automender12345]

You need to see if the threading in the compressor is bad. Do you still have the bolt? If the compressor worked just after you did your work then it should still be ok now. You can always install a helicoil thread repair kit to solve the damaged threading. Maybe something similar to this.

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[Lyricalruby]

I believe I do have the bolt, im not sure if it's the correct one though. I will probably go to Pull apart tomorrow and pull another bolt just to be sure its the right one. Also, the compressor I have installed, im not actually sure how good it is. It was a JY pull. I never got a chance to use it because I couldn't find my leak. Now I know it was the manifold line itself.

Am I correct to assume that if the clutch will rotate by hand, I should be able to add oil to the compressor, reconnect the manifold line then vacuum and refill? Or should I go ahead and replace the dryer first, or should I flush any lines? I have gone down a very sandy/muddy road multiple times since the compressor/lines were installed and I don't have an air dam installed.

 

[Automender12345]

If the clutch plate rotates then you can use that to add oil but I always had trouble adding oil there. I would think you are ok as far as dirt but you will need to vacuum long time to pull the moisture out.

 

[Lyricalruby]

How did you add oil? I've never been successful with putting oil in via charging hose.