You should recover the refrigerant, drain the coolant, raise and support the vehicle, obtain a new A/C or heater line for sectioning, scribe a mark on the line that will be sectioned, cut the line or lines being replaced, remove the section of line being replaced from the vehicle, install the replacement line to the vehicle, cut the replacement line to length, clean any burrs or grease, prep the line ends, apply one drop of the J 41425-3 sealing compound to the outside of each line end, insert the line ends, distribute the sealing compound around the lines, install the correct fitting jaws into the J 41425-1 tool, install the J 41425-1 tool, hold the tool body with a 3/8° breaker bar, loosen the forcing screw, lower the vehicle, refill the coolant, evacuate and recharge the refrigerant.
By BobGM Specialist
01/11/2022