avid
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- Omaha, NE
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- 1998
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- XLT 4.0 OHV 4wd
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- Automatic
I was following this guide "Resurrecting Your Ford Ranger Air Conditioning" from the forum here, and I'm pretty sure I bungled it up. I replaced all the AC parts, pulled a vacuum and was ready to re-charge the system. So I was in Appendix C: Charging the System. #11 says "With the truck off, open both the blue and red valves on the hoses next to the trucks refrigerant lines" and #12 says "Open both valves on the manifold portion. This will allow refrigerant to equalize on both sides of the compressor." So I did this, and wasn't exactly sure what "equalize on both sides of the compressor" means. It kept drawing in refrigerant and I kept expecting it to stop when equalized. I ended up putting in the full 30oz. (spec for my 1998) without ever moving onto the next steps where you close the high side, start the truck, etc.,. So basically, I put the 30oz. into both high and low ports without the truck running. When I started the truck after and turned on the AC to full blast the air never got cold and the compressor clutch never engaged. I'm still not sure what it means to open the manifold valves to "allow refrigerant to equalize on both sides of the compressor" but I now suspect this should have just been a brief opening. Don't know.
So my question is this: How bad of a screw-up was this and what should I do now?
So my question is this: How bad of a screw-up was this and what should I do now?
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