Everything in the engine bay a/c related is gone. What is the proper way to disconnect the a/c lines that run through the firewall to ensure there are no leaks in the heating system? Anyone have a link to a good A/C removal thread?

 

Are you talking about those lines in the picture, or the lines that are in the firewall themselves?

 

The a/c lines in the picture that are entering the firewall. How and where do they unhook? Also what needs to be done if these are removed?

 

You shouldn't get any leaks from removing the ac system

Did you purge the system yet? should def do that first

Warm up the plastic piece because its brittle and cracks easily, once that's out there's one 10 mm bolt and then you just pull it out. There's a drain line towards the back of the block on the firewall that you'll want to remove as well. It can easily be seen and pulled out if you look underneath the dash on the passenger side. have some paper towels ready for the liquefied gas in that will drip out of the lines.

Once it's removed, you can fab something up to cover the hole

 

^^^^thanks, Ill go try that

 

You are deleting the entire a/c system or just want to relocate the lines?

 

A/C removal... =deleting

 

do you have an idea how much weight this saved and did it clean up the bay a lot? I have been thinking about this also since i use the a/c maybe once or twice a year. but does anyone know if this affects the window defroster? doesn't the ac turn on when you use the defroster?

 

The a/c will effect the window defroster. I lived without it for a few months and it was hell.

 

Where can i pick up one of those A/C specialty tools i see in the pic? The butter knife i think?