Have any of y'all successfully removed this line without removing the power steering lines as well. What were these guys thinking. I'm at a turning point in working on this car. Leave the old 14 year old line and pray she holds, or put my muscles on it, yank it out, and pray I can get the new line in without damaging it.

Anyone have the home addresses of the engineers that designed the accessories on these cars? Please PM them to me, I would like to write them a love letter.

BTW, passenger header is out, as is the alternator and A/C compressor.

 

It's just a fact that you are going to run into things that don't make your life easier for maintenance. All you can do is deal with it.

 

Ha ha, I went to your site first last night to see if you had any tricks. Had to rant somewhere.

 

Dude I'm living with the same issue right now as I'm doing a motor pull video. I wanted to keep the a/c sealed but when I noticed the power steering lines I was like "****"...lol. Unless you have an 18mm line wrench to get off the nut on the rack I wouldn't try it. It's easy to get the resoivoir lined snaked through but without that 18mm wrench for the rack rounding that nut off is super easy. I rounded mine to much using a regular wrench so I priced one for only $20. I'm just gonna cut the line and hammer a socket on it and spend the $20 for a line that probably could use replacing anyways rather than crack open the a/c lines which could cost more than $100 to refill...I'm going to be reinstalling the power steering lines underneath the a/c lines if at all possible upon putting the motor back in I promise you that!

 

Is there a problem with the line? I guess I don't understand why you are trying to remove it.

 

^ It's the old "While I'm in here" theory. There is a leak somewhere in the A/C system, so I was gonna update the old hardware with new. Everything else came out with ease, but this is being a beotch. I've had this car forever, and doubt I'll ever sell it, and I hate working on it, so when I do I replace much stuff. What's on the list:

Polyurethane motor mounts.
All A/C stuff (except evaporator)
Plugs
Wires
Header Gaskets
Electric H2O pump
Tensioner Pulley
Remove non-working ABS and replace with kit from SJM Manufacturing.
Remove Intake and fix common rear leak (have it powder coated while it's out).

Guess that's it, unless I break a Power Steering pump/lines, then those will be replaced as well.