Re-installing air conditioning

[JL1RX7]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

Yeah I noticed in another thread that you said you were going to reinstall AC, but I wasn't sure if you'd done it yet. What did you charge it with? Did you have the soft lines remade? Did you use the stock condenser? You have a VMIC right?

I have a VMIC but I found a smaller condenser online and just finished mounting it last night finally. Now I just need a couple lines made. I'm also wondering if there are some kind of quick disconnect fittings just in case it needs to be removed, that way I don't have to evacuate and recharge it every time.

I didn't know you could remove the evaporator with the dash still in, it looks impossible lol.

The evaporator was flushed, but I didn't replace the expansion valve. I searched and searched for one and finally found one that was close, which was listed for an 84 RX-7, but it wasn't exactly the same, and I wasn't sure if I'd do more damage replacing it rather than leaving the old one in there, so I just left it in there for the time being. I'm taking a gamble basically lol. And I'm sad that I didn't replace it now that you're telling me about the small orifice lol.

Quick disconnects are not what they are cracked up to be. I had more issues with them leaking than anything else on the jets.

You should be able to find the expansion valve. They are usually pretty cheap(like 20 bucks.) So replacing them is more preventative maintenance/good practice. Since either dirt or use wears them out.