redtop a/c lowside location?

[gabuchholz]

So, recently got a 180sx redtop... and it blows 'cool'/'warm', anyways... I found the highside by the condensor... but can't seem to find the lowside. Normally it is coloured blue, but all my caps are black... hence hard to see/find.Anyone have any ideas as to where I can find it?Thanks

[masterdisaster]

hey man .. that's funny .. i got a 180sx too ..and tried recharging my ac last night ..

low side is on the big pipe on the firewall..

i used the canadian tire redtek12 AC kit ... worked great on my 4runner

but the R12 adaptor crapped out on my i think... when i srew in the adaptor.. the freon in the car leaks out from inside the adaptor... so now i got no freon @ all

[gabuchholz]

Hey... so I looked at that connection... but seems to me the low side should be a female style connection... that connection looks identical to the high side... which doesnt make sense to me. The adaptor should beable to clamp on that connection... unless i am missing something... probably the adaptor piece... LOL, i have a bottle (.5kg) of r12 and 1/4 bottle of sealant... but no adapter piece... stupid friend prob has it somewhere... im borrowing he's kit.

******Update... I checked the relay... it worked... checked the fuses all of them were ok... SO I bought the kit from Crappytire, well I couldnt get it to work and lost TONS of gas...but then I recheck the fuse and wola it was popped, I used a multimeter to check amps drawn and it was 13.98 at max, so... I placed a 20amp fuse in there and I HAVE COLD AIR... I will have to wait and see if it will be cold enough but seems colder then my 240sx, to bad I didnt figure this out b4... i would have had a full system of r12, I guess a trip to the states next weekend is in order.
Modified by gabuchholz at 7:26 PM 6/27/2009

[masterdisaster]

nice!! man .. the only thing holding my freon in is the plastic blue cap on the adaptor that come with the kit.. i had about 75 psi then tryied to quickly remove the quick disconect hose and plug it with the plastic cap... some shot out .. but i still have some freon in the car ...

gonna check the fuses tomorrow

..so left the adaptor on the car right??!! ..and did it leak when u installed it??