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HELP rec'r dryer won't come off evaporator

Help , I am trying to separate my receiver dryer from My evaporator at the fire wall and the o- rings wont let it move. the garter spring looks released as I look with a mirror.

Some of the other lines required some force and they finally broke loose but I need a careful way to remove the rec/ dry. This is on a 89 t- bird. Never been apart.

I can wiggle the evap, but it won,t pull off. I can feel the resiliently of the o-rings wanting to hold it.

I tryed a heat gun, no use

Can anybody help? its 117 degrees here in NV

Mike

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M Gold
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The Bathtub Admiral

I tryed that. I appears the spring is pushed up over the lip. It feels like the 0- rings are fused to the inside of the alum evap.tube . The other hoses on this car came apart. The large lines seemed to stick, but did come apart.

I sprayed and wiggled and heated. the 0-rings are gripping it . Even if I shove it back together the line pops back to its original installed position. I am stuck!

Help

The Bathtub Admiral wrote:

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M Gold

Thanks Neil

Do you know how much heat It can take on this alum evap. tube Can I use a small penceil tourch or do I have to stick to a heat gun.

Mike

Neil Nels>>

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M Gold

Well, I'm an adventureous type, so I'd have at it with my butane micro-torch. Remember, aluminum dissipates heat quite rapidly so doing damage (melting the aluminum) should not be a problem unless you get ape-shit with the flame.

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Neil Nelson

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