Automotive Air Conditioning Information Forum

My 1989 Jeep Comanche was in a accident before I bought it and the ac was wrecked so the thre put 2 of the hoses the receiver dryer and the condenser I have gotten all new ones but they threw away the receiver dryer with a fitting I need to complete the ac but I can’t find it anywhere I can’t even find what it’s called please help it is the brass looking fitting I circled I’ve seen it in YouTube videos with a shrader valve inside of it

Ah, the old mystery assembly valve. You can omit it & just reassemble the system.

That is actually a dry coupler. We see them occasionally, last time one surfaced there was a thread about it:

https://www.autoacforum.com/messageview ... adid=16459

Scroll down in that thread for pics.

Yeah but that fitting downsizes the hose size to the size of the receiver dryer so without it I can’t connect the hose to the receiver dryer

See the steel nut on the end of the hose? That should screw right on the end of your dryer.

The whole stack of brass fittings was just a pair of dry break couplers. Eliminate the whole thing & screw the hose right on the dryer.

Yeah I thought that was gonna work but it’s just another thread on the end of the hose after I unscrew all the brass