a/c line discontinued

[screamin gt]

So I dropped off my car for a tune and a few other things. Unfortuneately I didn't do a good enough job of bending the a/c line out of the way when I mounted the s/c and it rubbed the a/c pulley and rubbed through the rubber line.

The tuner shop says Ford discontinued the part so they are going to have to bring it to an a/c special place to have the part made, and it will cost about 2 hrs to replace it. (at $95 an hr.). costly mistake number one.

and apparently the motorcraft plugs I used are still to hot. $180 to replace those. I told them just do it, cuz I just want my car back and running right before winter comes would be nice.

 

[ooraceredgt]

which hose is it? is it the one that runs from the compressor to the condensor? thats the only one i would think would be in the vicinity of your supecharger. i had to replace mine too. if its the same hose, its not discontinued. ford sales them for about $280 but i got mine from rock auto and paid $112 for the exact motorcraft hose. the only bad thing is that it is back ordered and i won't have it for another 10 days.

 

[ChokoFlan]

maybe this doesnt have to do anything to do with that but my stang has a coolant problem combined witht the a/c; the cars is fine when the air is on 2 but when put on full blast(just did it so the car could get cooler, but i wasnt driving it) the a/c starts to feel hot and the temperature goes up in a matter of seconds! i get home and there is no coolant at all! i look under(after putting a whole gallon again and keeps draining down but doesnt not leak from the the bottom and dont know where thr coolant goes!

 

[007]

ebay? junk yards!? Should be able to get that stuff CHEAP.

 

[Rick 91GT]

I've just had all new custom lines made for a fox turbo car at my shop, I had $208 in it total...

$180 is a little steep for a plug change on a 4.6l, or im too cheap. I use NGK plugs which come put to about $36 a set, plus an hour labor (most shops minimum charge) and im still under $100 total.

 

[screamin gt]

the a/c line is the rubber part that goes in front of the a/c pulley. had to bend it out of the way for the s/c but bent it too close to the pulley.

anyway I know I got pretty raped on the whole thing but this is the only place that really knows what they are doing tuning wise around here. $680 for the tune alone and then some extra misc charges and my total bill was $1500. ouch, but it runs great now.