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Fitting to adapt shop air to r134 for leak testing

dhodges
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3 years 5 months ago #44843 by dhodges

Fitting to adapt shop air to r134 for leak testing was created by dhodges

I was watching the video on testing an empty ac system with shop air before you fill it with refrigerant and while I wouldn't use this often I think it is a great way to move forward in determining system condition in certain situations. I have extra R134 hoses that go to an old set of gauges and I would like to adapt a tire schrader valve to the yellow hose for putting air into the system. Does anyone have a good way to do this?

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Dave

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3 years 5 months ago #44847 by Matt T

Replied by Matt T on topic Fitting to adapt shop air to r134 for leak testing

You can buy schrader to male NPT air tank valves. Then adapt that to connect to the hose. If it's a spare hose cutting the hose and using a hose barb is probably easier than sourcing a NPT to hose fitting adapter.

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3 years 5 months ago #44852 by Chad

Replied by Chad on topic Fitting to adapt shop air to r134 for leak testing

I adapted to my bleed-down tester.

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