So,,I learnt something today,,,,,

  I just know ole Shameless is gonna be so proud of me on this one,,,,I got the body work done on the 2006 PT Cruiser and got it in primer ready for final sanding and shoot some paint  on it when we get a nice wind free day.... Ole Joe can still do some decent body work with just a brick and a claw hammer,,,,,

 The engine had a small oil leak at the oil pressure sending unit and replaced it and as always my BIG ole hands just get in the way of getting into them tight tiny place they hide them dang sensors,,,,!!! Then on to the A/C to add a little refrigerant as system was a little low,,,,but I'm still lookin for the LOW pressure port and there ain't one on the "LOW Side". Now,,,in all my years of working with pumps, compressors, any rotating equipment,,,,the suction or "low side" has always been the bigger of the two lines at a pump, compressor or what have you. The discharge line or "high side" has always been the smaller of the two lines at the equipment. UNTIL they built these Chrysler PT Cruisers,,,,WTH,,,?? On this car,,there is only ONE port for charging the system and it is on the SMALLER of the two lines at the compressor as well as at the accumulator,,,,WTH,,?? Checked several videos on UTube and all of them say to use the port that is on the high side,,or is it the low side,,,???   Chit Fire,,,,

 Hey Steve,,this would apply if there is enough freon in the system to get the pressure switch to trigger the compressor to start the recycle of freon. On all of the systems I have worked on before this one, there have been two ports,,one on the low side (or bigger size line) for charging and one on the high side (smaller line) to install the pressure gauges to tell when you have enough freon in the system. You sure wouldn't want to try adding freon into the high side (smaller line) of an operable system,,,might find out what freon tastes like,,,,, 

 Hey THANKS Fixer,,,,I'ma go look,,,cause I wasn't about to try gettin into thet port on the smaller line cause I still think it is the high side,,,,,

 Well,,JC,,,until I find ole Fixer's suggestion,,,I ain't learnt nuttin yet,,,,,

 Yeah,,Chask,,,I'm like you talk bout,,,I got some big old hams and that always works against me gettin into them tiny crooks and crevacies where the dang car mfgrs hide them sensors,,,,which dang sure don't help my arthritic hands,,,,,

 When I grow up,,,,I wanna have small hands,,,,with NO Arthritis,,,!!!!

I've seen them 'do it yourselfers' vids, and think, do they gots any brains?

 Example - Like a vid on sharpening a chainsaw chain... with a hand held grinder... YIKES!!! He shoves that grinder into the teeth and a spray of sparks flying and then says the rakers are needing to be ground down a little bit so he was going to just 'touch them up'... yea, touch them and shoves the grinder down on top of them and make another shower of sparks... It was a kid out in the yard doing it... Can't find the vid but here is one that isn't as aggressive at it... LOL

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