discharging ac system

[Lincoln Jealous]

what is the best way to discharge the ac system without a vacuum pump? pressing in the relief valves or unbolting the manifold? looking to replace the ac compressor today and need to discharge it before i can swap the new one, after i replace it im going to take it to a ac shop and have them charge it, im just tryin to make one trip.. thank you

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

this land is your land, this land is my land:shifty:

c'mon i wont give no names lmao

 

[joegr]

I wouldn't discuss this publicly.

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

I wouldn't discuss this publicly.

lmao thanks for the response joe

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

ok so i ate a couple chocolate chip cookies and grew some balls to press the valves in, guess what, NO PRESSURE at all, all this time lol so obviously i have a leak somewhere, and probably to the point where i ruined my ac system, as i right now im just going to go ahead and take out the compressor since theres no pressure in the system anyways ill check back it, but just wanted to say, no pressure out each valve which could mean a leak and it wont hold the vacuum

 

[taylor414ce2003]

what makes you think it is the comp.? it will not kick on if the ref. is low.

 

[Silver_LS]

I didn't think doing that would release the pressure. Either way, when you remove the lines from the Compressor it will discharge if theres anything in there. (wear sunglasses or saftey glasses)

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

ok got the ac compressor out finally, that little thing is heavy, clutch/pulley sounds ugly, going to replace it tomorrow, just going to clean up now and inspect the hoses, and also put a sandwhich bags over the open pressure lines to minimize any moisture.