Q: Air conditioner quit running - 1986 Dodge D150

asked by on September 08, 2016

My air conditioner wasn’t working very well. As soon as I turned it on it quit running. I checked the charge with the manifold gauge set. But the high pressure side has a smaller fitting that the standard 1 quarter of an inch on most cars that were still on the R12 system. So I need to know what adapter I need to hook up the manifold hoses. Do you know? Is this the only Dodge that did this? How can I get this fixed?

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