1988 A/C Refilling after system evacuation

[Fizz88]

If ya look at the #55630 picture, you can see on the compressor end of the line that it has that round spring at the very end of the line............On that 4th photo, it looks like the line is'nt all the way in the compressor, you can see three green o-rings showing and you can see the flaired end on the compressor side, we are not supposed to see either.........Can ya verify what I'm seeing in the 4th photo..

Yes I can verify it used to look like that, it no longer does. The line where it meets the compressor had to be bent to properly fit in the hole. That 4th picture was just to show what it looked like before being bent into place and how it no longer goes in at an angle.

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[mcm51]

Ok so let's try to get your a/c going, "if" I just bought this Bird and did not know a thing about it and wanted to get the a/c going, I'd check if all parts(comp. accum. condensor, etc.) seem to be intact and don't look funny in any way, after that I'd try putting the vac. pump on it for about a half hour, watching the vacuum gauge building vacuum, how long does it take to get up near 30hg, shut pump off and wait about a half hour then go back and see how much vac. has been lost, this will tell me about 90% of what kind of shape the a/c system is in and if I should start adding freon or more work needs to be done......This is what I'd advise done to your Bird, put a vac. pump on it and see what kind of shape your system is in.........