Jack Myers wrote:
> In alt.autos.subaru Jack Myers > wrote:
>> Air conditioning season is not off to a good start this year.
>>
> Following up to my original post (quoted below) because others
> may run into this situation. The Subaru parts website is a bit
> misleading because it only shows the original factory-installed
> high pressure tube. The replacement comes as two pieces, namely:
> a front tube that runs back to the firewall, and a rear tube
> that runs across the firewall. It's simple matter to cut out
> the original tube and then route and connect the two tubes.
> Subaru parts guys see this all the time in the case of an
> engine swap where the front tube has to match the new engine
> the rear tube has to match the existing chassis.
>
> A cheaper, viable repair alternative would be an A/C splice
> kit as suggested on r.a.t. Knowing the proper search terms
> I found a 5/16" kit that would probably work on the 8mm
> tubing, but I went with the factory parts.
>
> Thanks for the helpful suggestions.

Not surprising they have an updated part. There are a lot of times a
company will update a part but not the parts books/data. The dealer will
look it up on their system and the new part number shows.

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Steve W.