How To Charge an A/C System 1980 to 1996 Ford F-150

Подписаться 9 тыс.

Просмотров 176 тыс.

50% 1

FOLLOW UP VIDEO (Discussing Vacuum Pump)
• Follow Up to Charging ...
In this video I charge the air conditioning system in my 1996 Ford F-150 XLT with a 5.0 L V-8. This process will be similar on all 1980 through 1996 F-150's that either came factory with R-134a refrigerant or has been retrofitted over to R-134a from R-12. Depending on the engine the system hoses may be routed a little differantly but will be very similar.
CAUTION Always wear safety glasses and gloves when doing A/C repair. Also before you do this along with any other A/C repair, the system should be empty and free of refrigerant. If it does contain refrigerant, let a local auto garage use a recovery machine to recycle the old refrigerant. Venting refrigerant into the air and atmosphere is illegal!

Опубликовано:

30 сен 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 93

@ryanslife3602 8 лет назад

You must remember to purge your lines letting the Freon fill the hoses on your gages before releasing it into unit or you will ley the air inside of your hoses into unit.

@rickmoore1103 3 года назад

VERY good reminder!

@race5050R1 5 лет назад

One of the best ac videos I’ve seen. Thx!

@joew8440 7 лет назад

Nice job explaining the procedure. I needed a quick refresher and this worked great.

@joefarley6772 5 лет назад

Great video. Just got a set of manifold gauges and couldn't really remember exactly the procedure to use with them. You made it clear and easy to understand. Look forward to seeing other how-to videos from you .

@mikepeters7847 5 лет назад

One of the best videos, if not the best for this series of trucks. Covering every aspect can be difficult, and "arm chair quarterbacking" your video is not fair for someone to do to you. You gave me everything I needed to fill in my gaps of understanding and that is what I needed. Thank you very much for taking the time to help those like me who needed some solid understanding of these trucks. You are a good man! And to all the "you didn't purge the the Freon hose", well DUH! Like we ALL did not know that one!

@charlesmartin7347 4 года назад

I'm subscribing just because you're smarter than me. 👍

@bobbyheffley4955 7 месяцев назад

The 1994 model year is the first to have R134a air conditioning already installed.

@broken1965 7 лет назад

You really need 29 - 30 inches of mercury

@mikegelles7185 2 месяца назад

only question I have is why not add oil once you vacuum it down, I was always told if you pull it down to get the moisture out you are also pulling oil and it is smart to add it back. THe rest is right on point. thanks

@chriswhite2296 6 лет назад

PURGE YOUR CHARGING HOSES USE GARDEN HOSE ON RADIATOR (ENGINE RUNS COOLER)

@stanmorton8975 5 лет назад

I usually dumped a 12 oz can of liquid freon on the high side. After that, the compressor kicks on immediately, then I add gas refrigerant to the low side. Easy, peasy.

@davesendit1348 3 года назад

NEVER ad on the high side. My god

@Really658 2 года назад

Is this a joke? Never high side.

@Blitzkrieg2002 6 лет назад

I have a 1995 F-150 5.0, what does it have R-134a?

@MikesGarage96 6 лет назад

Yes. They started using 134a in these trucks in 1994

@sonicboom460 4 года назад

Thank you for doing this video. Love the southern accent btw. 😊

@jayd138 5 лет назад

Thanks for the primer on charging A 80's to 90's F Series

@jimsmachineworks1676 6 лет назад

Hi, will this fix the AC blowing hot air with it is running? or will there a Moe common underline problem at play . Thanks.

@MikesGarage96 6 лет назад

You will have to hook up a set of manifold gauges to diagnose the problem. If the system is completely empty of Freon then you have a leak somewhere. I suggest replacing the ac service ports valve cores if the system is empty, before trying to charge the system. That’s a common place for leaks.

@novaman1962 Год назад

Hey Mike I have a 1995 Ford f-150 5.0l. I just replaced complete a.c system. Evap coil, condensor, accumalator, compressor and all lines. Do you know how much pag oil the system takes and the best way to install the oil and how much 134a freeon.. Thank you in advance.

@idahopotato5837 3 месяца назад

Why not use the threaded end of the can instead of puncturing the side? Never seen that puncturing a can tool.

@ThomasMcKee4 6 лет назад

That truck was not made with R134a. That sticker says 2.6lbs of R12. How much for R134a? I know it is less but I don’t know the amount. They’re not the same amount.

@MikesGarage96 6 лет назад

Mine was factory with 134a. After 94 was when it changed. My ‘93 I had I converted over from R12. It took 3 lbs to fill it to optimum pressure readings

@timhowell1220 2 года назад

@@MikesGarage96 My 1994 F150 5.0 has R134a per the factory sticker.

@sfldr 2 месяца назад

Excellent video!!

@mrqt3812 2 месяца назад

Great video...ty

@jimmagee7797 2 года назад

87 f-150, I replaced the AC compressor and tried recharging it, but I cant get the pressure on the high side to build. It stays at vaccuum even when it sucks down coolant from the low pressure side

@leoDelion722 7 лет назад

Hey brother... Very good video. Question . I have a '93 F150 sometimes the air don't blow cold or none at all What do you think I could check ?

@MikesGarage96 7 лет назад

+Leo Thomas Start with checking the low and high side pressures with a manifold gauge set. You can find charts online where the proper pressure should be according to the ambient temperature. There could be a blockage somewhere like in the orifice tube or it could be the compressor is just weak.

@leoDelion722 7 лет назад

Michael Wells Okay I'll check that.. It's my first Ford and I love it.. Tks. I'll let you know what happens.

@WALKERGUITAR 5 лет назад

Hey mike trying to track down my problem.. went to hook up gauges and heard pressure coming out of high side port? was this your original problem? with gauges on, high side is only at 50? low side at 50, its 80 degrees ...compressor cycling.. high side is super low? 1995 E250

@broken1965 6 лет назад

Didnt purge suppy line

@sandleman3006 8 месяцев назад

Neat,clean,straight forward vid. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing.

@jasonhill1138 3 года назад

Hey what was the p/n again in the hi pressure Schrader valve? I couldn’t find it in the video but I know you’ve shared it at some point! Great video by the way! Thanks!

@MarcoPolo-pw8bi 2 года назад

I really appreciate your video very much and help me a lot got my AC working

@rubenbates2709 2 года назад

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge !!!!

@uamsstudent Год назад

Great video! Possibly the best that I have seen on RU-vid!

@rreevesb3 4 года назад

Anyone know what size wrenches are needed to trace the accumulator

@Kimbeattie 7 лет назад

Exellent video i just bought gauge set and vacum pump like yours that runs off my compressor . Really well done your video

@philsketball Год назад

Where did you get the can puncture tool?

@fordtough4850 4 года назад

So My buddy added oil a couple months back and blew a hose, can’t I just pull a vacuum on the system and add oil then Freon

@MikesGarage96 4 года назад

You only need to add oil if you replace a major component like the compressor. If it was just a hose replaced, just pull a vacuum and charge. Too much oil in the system can blow the seals out of the compressor.

@chuck56176 3 года назад

Great job! Thanks for posting this!!!

@orriepowell3557 4 года назад

So the only time the high side is open is when your using vaccum?

@MikesGarage96 4 года назад

Yes

@MikesGarage96 4 года назад

And evacuating the system

@orriepowell3557 4 года назад

Thanks brother huge help btw. I'll still watch the video again cause I'm about to do exactly what you did.

@orriepowell3557 4 года назад

And I'll I'll give you a shot out when I'm blown cold.

@orriepowell3557 4 года назад

One more question will it suck out my pag oil in process?

@AmericanSavageGarage-em2oy 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for this.

@3rdcoastobs467 5 лет назад

Is there a way to find out if your truck has been converted to 134a? I have a 92 I just bought and I need a charge but I don't know if I should use 134a or a r12 sub.

@MikesGarage96 5 лет назад

If it’s been changed over, it should have retrofit service ports on it. R12 and 124a uses different gauges and fittings

@3rdcoastobs467 5 лет назад

@@MikesGarage96 hey thanks brother for a reply, you just gained a subscriber for that man. Just bought a 1992 f150 and noticed the high and low side schrader seemed a lot cleaner in appearance. Looks like they did the conversion because like you said the fittings are bigger and exactly like my 2013 f250. Put a charge in with some of that canned stuff from autozone with a built in gauge. It was reading roughly 48 PSI when the can went empty but the ac went from warm to semi cool (far from cool/cold) hope they changed out the compressor oil when they converted it. Might just have a bad leak somewhere I guess. Anyway thanks again for the reply.

@MikesGarage96 5 лет назад

Them gauges that comes on them tall cans tend to be inaccurate. It could very well still be low in Freon if your system was empty and you only put in that one tall can. Your truck should hold around 42 oz. roughly two tall cans or 3 1/2 regular 12oz cans. Good luck with your new truck!

@klausvonschmit4722 Год назад

Outstanding video Sir!

@chuckorear4982 7 лет назад

Great job dude. I can do this myself now!

@will23678 Год назад

Thanks for this. Helped me out a lot. The AC on my 94 hasn't worked in at least 10 years. Followed the procedure in the video and was shocked to find it blowing ice cold. Unfortunately, when I took the jumper off and plugged the connector back in, the compressor wouldn't cycle by itself and started blowing hot again. Jumpered the connector again, ice cold air. I'm looking at that low pressure switch as maybe being bad. These old Fords are still great trucks. I plan on keeping mine for as long as I can.

@stevenmassey8673 3 месяца назад

Was it the high pressure switch?

@will23678 3 месяца назад

It was. Can't remember if it was high or low pressure switch, but it was the one that screws into that canister shaped thing on the passenger side. AC is still working great a year later.

@bigdaddy9376 Год назад

The last part of video were you removed the jumper wire, is their a reason why you jumped it out?

@MikesGarage96 Год назад

To make the compressor run so it would draw in the Freon.

@bigdaddy9376 Год назад

@@MikesGarage96 it wont damage the compressor by not having any freon in it?

@angelaprater2679 4 года назад

Super good thaks so much

@jayjizzle4020 2 месяца назад

Man your voice is so relaxing to listen to, nice video brother thanks!

@Really658 2 года назад

Excellent! Thanks.

@TheBlankenman 3 месяца назад

Great video.

@BungalowBrilliance 4 года назад

Mike, great video. I'm a new truck owner (1992 f350) and i've got some work to do on my AC system overall this was a huge help

@MikesGarage96 4 года назад

Awesome! Your year model probably came with R-12 refrigerant. If it hasn’t been retrofitted, you’ll have to buy a service port kit. It’ll come with new fittings that screw over the old R12 type. Just take the old valve stems out first.

@BungalowBrilliance 4 года назад

@@MikesGarage96 Oh okay i didn't even consider that. Thanks for the tip i'll look into upgrading it

@justinlyons5374 3 года назад

So is there any refrigerate in it when you did this or was it completely empty

@MikesGarage96 3 года назад

It was empty. Had a bad leak at a service port

@justinlyons5374 3 года назад

@@MikesGarage96 thanks

@kylehendry1352 7 лет назад

So question I have a can of r12a refrigerant is the process still the same I'd assume so but if not please let me know!

@MikesGarage96 7 лет назад

+kyle hendry R12 systems uses a different manifold gauge set. The service ports are different. If the system is empty I would go ahead and convert it over to R134a

@MikesGarage96 7 лет назад

+kyle hendry Process is the same but you will need a set of r12 manifold gauges. The service ports are different between r12 and r134a

@diazmike427 4 года назад

Wow, great video!

@bv2999 3 года назад

Excellent!

@wessongroup 5 лет назад

Thanks much

@godfirstfreedomii9422 4 года назад

Where did you find that tool for small cans of freon

@MikesGarage96 4 года назад

I bought it at my local NAPA

@godfirstfreedomii9422 4 года назад

Thank you for letting me know

@genroc2005 3 года назад

I bought an adapter to hook the cans direct to the gauges.. screw punching a hole in the cans.. you do know it is illegal to release the R134a into the atmosphere.. and you did it on video..

@flower2289 2 года назад

He broke no laws. The law states that release of very small amounts of refrigerant during the process (such as when purging the yellow supply line prior to charging your system) is acceptable.

@genroc2005 2 года назад

@@flower2289 the problem is he drained THE ENTIRE RESERVOIR... Not just the line If you missed that you did not watch the entire video

@prestonsoccio3194 7 лет назад

How long does this last

@MikesGarage96 7 лет назад

+Preston Soccio Outdoors If there's no leak in the system it should last as long as the system is properly working or until a component of the system fails.

@jerrywilbourn3064 6 лет назад

He my account won't ingage what do I need to check next

@jerrywilbourn3064 6 лет назад

My A C

@MikesGarage96 6 лет назад

Jerry Wilbourn if the compressor won’t engage it all, it could be the pressure sensor, the wiring harness going to the compressor clutch, or the refrigerant is too low