AirConditioning Suction Line

I'm converting my AC over to R134A. I bought the accumulator drier and just realized that the suction line (return line) is crimped onto the the accumulator, or at least it appears to be crimped on. Do I have to buy a new suction line and have it crimped on or do I reuse the one I have? I have everything else needed for the conversion. The parts house listed 2 different accumulators and 4 different suction lines.

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When I converted my 88 to r134, the accumulator/drier (cylinder on the passenger firewall), all the hoses came off.
I think you are talking about the metal pipe from there to the return on the compressor? That one is part of the accumulator, the whole thing comes out, the new one will have that line to plug into the compressor.

How was your suction line hose connected to the accumualtor? Mine appears to be crimped onto the outlet fitting.

If your talking about that rubber line thats crimped to the drier........I have seen on that was installed with 2 hose clamps and has never given him a problem. I'm not saying thats the answer but atleast an option if you don;t want to pay to have one crimped on. You can get the drier with the hose already on there but its alot more in price.

Hope this helped
Bill

What do the rest of you do when you replace the drier?

1. There are 2 styles of driers. The first has the hose crimped directly to the drier. The other has a disconnect. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason on which car got what.

2. I didn't replace the drier. Just put a vaccuum pump on it for about 12 hours to make sure everything was vac'ed down. Then I just watched it for ~30 minutes to see if it went down. I lost about 5" of vac in that time so I vac'ed it for another 4 hours. The second time was the trick. I have also been told you can apply heat to the drier while sucking it if it is really wet. The long time on the vac turns the water to vapor and out it goes.

steve