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KAWMAN2

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Yesterday at 9:50 PM
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can you eliminate the vacuum ball for the a/c door and go strait to manifold vacuum?
 

Mcmahst

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Yesterday at 11:21 PM
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No. Longer answer is, the ball is the reserve you’ll need when climbing a hill with the AC on. No ball, door closes half way up the hill and ain’t no one happy with no air.
 

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No hills in Florida, I bypassed the ball and ran it hard today’s/c worked fine, but I will teplace the check valve and ball
 
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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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My answer would be a question, why eliminate the ball and check valve?
 
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