hi steve,

i pulled out the old handler and went the route of running a duct to the top

of the steering station bulkhead as you recommended.  the aft duct was not an option

with the windows.  i had the new airhandler installed by my local guy.  unfortunatly it has not been gone as

smoothly as i had hoped.  he has been chasing a leak on and off for close to 3 weeks.  he finally

put dye in the system last week. i went down on friday and found oil and the dye at the splice

in the low pressure line.  this splice has already been replaced once during this process because we found

oil at it.  he had been talking of running 2 new lines(high and low pressure) from air handler to compressor

to eliminate the splice in each.  now he is talking of soldering the lines instead.  i'm feeling that is just

ticking time bomb.  what would you recommend? 

thanks,

jim

thanks steve, 

that makes me feel better.  i was thinking with the vibrations the soldering was not as permanent

a solution as i would like (which is forever at this point).  im sure he is feeling the same way by

now and just wanted to make sure he wasnt taking the easy route just to make me go away for

however long sold joint might hold.

jim