Nothing can go pop right in with this car. I swear... I need to get a hold of Jangus to see if he can make me a spacer to prop up my turbo so it wont be laying on the pipe...
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Can the pipe be bent forward just slightly.....and carefully?
I tried that but it wont move enough to let the turbo slide down. I almost took my blow touch to the pipe to heat it up but I realized that was a bad idea. I wish I could cut but I dont know if it would be easy to find another to bend to make it work...
Nothing ever gos right I sware ...... I thought it was just me lol
What is the pipe to.?
Aaron, does your AC work? If not, and you don't plan on making it functional again, just remove the AC equipment. If the AC does work, I can certainly make a spacer, but you need ensure you have the hood clearance.
If that's an a/c line, it should be aluminum, and I'd think it could SLOWLY be bent forward to clear.
Don't heat it. One hazard of R-12 (or any refrigerant) is the health risk should leakage of the vapor come into contact with an open flame (about 1022°F) and be decomposed into the toxic gas phosgene.
Those alum lines are tough. You may have better luck removing the line to bend it. Lay it over a large diameter pipe or something to help keep from putting a kink in it. If that doesn't work there are places out there that could build a custom a/c line, if that would be easier than making a spacer for the turbo.
Ac line
Put a wratchet strap on it and crank it lol
I've bent a few on my cougarbirds. its hard to get just enough tension to bend them without breaking them at the couplers.
Id mod the a/c line over the turbo. take it into a hose and rubber shop. its surprisingly cheap.
I had to have a hose made for my car with a holset on it. The inlet to the turbo was right in line with that line. Makes me wish I had just cut and welded it at this point since I had a heck of a time getting it sealed. Kept cracking the line with the compression fitting. The thing I've noticed with these lines is that the 86 down lines are steel and 87/88 are aluminum.
Jangus, I haven't had my A/C built on in a few years but I was hoping to get my A/C running this year.
So is there a tool out there that will let me just disconnect the aluminum tubing from the A/C unit? So would cutting the piece be bad?
Other wise I'll find a costume place and find a used one I can bend and put in there.
I had two a/c lines custom made. They were $43.00 for both. Not a bad deal. Go have one made just how you need it.
Aaron, they have tools to allow you to undo the garter spring fittings on the lines. Should be available at all the "finer" parts stores. Or as others have pointed out, this may be the best time to have one or two custom tailored to the car.
the factory lines were steel
Is there a specific custom shop online I should go to to make sure the fittings will work with my A/C unit? Nothing has ever gone right with this car so I really dont want to order a custom part and have it come in but not work... (It has happened in the past)
Pull the line, bring it into any local hose and rubber store/shop.
When I worked on the bosses custom stuff we did this all the time. making one from scratch was cheaper most of the time then modding an existing line. you might be able to get away with a 90 or 45° adapter.
Oh I got the darn pipe bent... Using some amazing tools I might add!
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Awsome
Fire and a bfh lol