Sounds like a very full couple of days for you Bear. I'm just taking the tractor down to the family land to hopefully finish cleaning the roads out.

Yall have a good one out there.

 

You guys be safe in your endeavors!-

 

Anyone see heavy condensation dripping from the AC accumulator and lines before? Haven't used the AC in 4 months, using the heater now. I've never noticed the AC lines dripping, puddling this time of year. Maybe a pin hole ? They have some rusty areas. It's the worst on the line coming from the accumulator where it transitions to metal and loops close to the radiator, then down to the compressor.

Strange ehh, it's clear condensation, like the line is sweating. First time it's done that. I only noticed after seeing a puddle on the garage floor...she never leaks on my floor. It's been chilly, about 50* 40's at night.

 

Do you suppose its because the a/c pump runs when the defrost is on?
Im no a/c guy but instead of it condensing in the warm plenums like in summer, maybe its condensing where its warmest under the hood?
But it dont sound like you have a system leak, cause then it wouldnt do anything, right?

AK,...AK- need some advice here!!!

 

I know it's not quite the same but the AC lines on my 97 Mustang GT sweat & drip now and again onto the exhaust manifold, wondered what it was when I first heard something dripping & burning off... lol

Quite mild here in the UK at the moment so I'm still using the AC now and then...

 

AK my butt. lol Hey there Bear. Thanks for the props, but this isn't in my wheelhouse, per se. I can do it, but I never tried for this kind of certification for these kind of repairs. I'm not the AC specialist, that's for sure. lol

I will say this though, I've always seen the drips from my Fords with AC after turning them off and letting things cool off. Engine heat and the coolant in the lines, seems like condensation would be logical.

Think of this like a coke or beer can sitting on the counter after pulling it out of the fridge. In a few minutes it starts sweating onto the counter. Same idea with the AC and the lines that are exposed at the connectors (metal). Sweat!

 

I hope it's normal, just strange I haven't caught that in the past and there was that much of it. If it was pin hole within a rust area, the system would depressurize. Maybe it has and this is a by-product.

It's different though lol.

Truck was cold, moved it out of the garage to make room for a project. I noticed the spot of the floor. Got under the truck outside and looked under. Seen nothing. Fired it back up (engine still cold) and looked further. 5 minutes still looking around got hit the face with water, found it. AC pump is cycling because the heat was left on. That's normal. Truck wasn't at operating temp yet and it was sweating like pig. I clean the line off, in about 30 seconds it's dripping wet.

Showing her age I expect. Just the other day the hood wouldn't latch after checking the oil. The spring for the cable broke in two lol. Didn't have a spring handy so I welded the old one back together, re-installed it. Did that for the tractor one day just fooling around and it works! If you clean the spring (as long as it isn't to rusty) and hit it with a mig just right it'll reconnect it like new. No bead or evidence, can't tell the spring was repaired. Mig Magic I guess. I swear, any springs I've fixed that way (only 3 or 4) have never broke again. This was probably the smallest yet attempted and it was only a few days ago, so it may prove me wrong any minute lol. I haven't tried finding one of those yet, just in case.

 

I thought about this after I posted that I changed this the other day to correct only the high speed on the heater blower motor. I was meaning to post pictures of the "resistor" but forgot.

I am guessing that a number of the guys on here have never had this problem or have thought it was the switch. Usually if you only have one speed, high, then the resistor is defective and needs replaced to get it back to working correctly.

Here are the pictures of the resistor. It sits in the heater housing on the passenger side of the cabin. Hope this helps anyone who might have this problem. You don't see it talked about much, but with winter on her way, I thought this was appropriate. This is only for the manual AC system. The digital unit uses a black, enclosed module, with 2 plugs (in and out).

Hell, we've used this thread for almost everything, so why not throw some technical stuff once in a while. LOL.

Have a great Saturday Night guys and gal.

 

This little puppy likes pumpkins.

 

Mine did it last year too, but I haven't seen it do it yet this year. It's all a brand new system now though.... might have something to do with it?