Air Conditioning Line (Peanut) Fitting

AIR CONDITIONING LINE (PEANUT) FITTING

DISCONNECT
1. Recover the refrigerant. Refer to Discharging and Recovery.







2. CAUTION: Support the female fitting with a wrench to prevent the tubes from twisting.

Remove the nut from the air conditioning line (peanut) fitting.







3. Pull the air conditioning line (peanut) fitting apart.







4. CAUTION: Do not use metal tools to remove the O-ring seal. They can cause axial scratches across the O-ring seal groove resulting in refrigerant leaks.

Remove the O-ring seal with a non-metallic tool.

CONNECT
1. Clean all dirt or foreign material from the fittings.







2. CAUTION: Use only new purple O-ring seals. The use of any O-ring seals other than specified may result in intermittent leakage during vehicle operation.

Install the O-ring seal.
1 Lubricate the O-ring seals with PAG Refrigerant Compressor Oil (R-134a Systems) F7AZ-19589-DA (Motorcraft YN-12-C) or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSH-M1C231-B.

3. Lubricate the inside of the fittings with PAG Refrigerant Compressor Oil (R-134a Systems) F7AZ-19589-DA (Motorcraft YN-12-C) or equivalent meeting Ford specification WSH-M1C231-B.







4. NOTE: When correctly assembled, the male and female fittings should be flush.

Assemble the male and female fittings together.

5. Charge the system. Refer to Air Conditioning (A/C) System Evacuation And Charging.