You need to recover the refrigerant, drain the coolant, raise and support the vehicle, locate the area that requires repair, obtain a length of replacement line to make the repair, use a tubing cutter to cut and remove the section of damaged line, use a tubing cutter to cut the replacement line to length, use the cleaning pad from the J 41425 to clean any burrs or grease from the line ends, use the LOK prep sealant to prep the line end, apply one drop of the J 41425-3 sealing compound to the outside of each end of the line, insert the line ends into the LOK fitting, rotate the LOK fitting one complete turn to evenly distribute the sealing compound around the lines, install the correct LOK fitting jaws into the J 41425-1 tool and the J 41425-1 tool over the LOK connectors, verify that the LOK connector ends are positioned in the counter bores of the jaws, tighten the forcing screw of the J 41425-1 tool, loosen the forcing screw and remove the J 41425-1 tool from the repaired line, repair the other end of the line, verify that the LOK fittings are correctly installed, lower the vehicle, refill the coolant, if drained, and then evacuate and recharge the refrigerant.
By BobGM Specialist
01/11/2022