[DeTomaso] AC Hose fitting to expansion valve

[Rob Dumoulin]

Not young. More old school.
On Oct 2, 2012 6:14 PM, "Gray Gregory" <rgg at gregorycook.com> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> Were these shop guys young? The expansion valve is standard "old school"
> a/c hose fittings and yes they are a hydraulic hose style fitting. Modern
> a/c hoses use an o-ring seal fitting but any good hose shop should be able
> to make either type hose.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On Behalf Of Rob Dumoulin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:09 AM
> To: pantera list
> Subject: [DeTomaso] AC Hose fitting to expansion valve
>
> A few weeks back, my AC sprung a leak and filled my cabin with a pretty
> think smoke screen. Although my entire AC system is brand new, the one old
> part was a 4 inch hose that attached to the expansion valve under my dash
> just before the evaporator. Sitting in traffic, the pressure built and
> split the hose.
>
> I removed the small section which threaded to the expansion valve to the
> newly installed hose and brought it to an AC shop to fabricate a solution.
> They say that the threads and hose that failed were power steering threads
> and not AC.  I'm assuming the hose to the expansion value is OEM. Are the
> treads to the stock expansion valve not standard?
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