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Service Valve Locations

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For service valve locations, see the SERVICE VALVE LOCATIONS table.

SERVICE VALVE LOCATIONS

Vehicle High Low
Aspire (3) (1)
Continental (4) (5)
Contour & Mystique
2.0L Engine (6) (7)
2.5L Engine (6) (8)
Cougar & Thunderbird (6) (2)
Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis Town Car (6) (2)
Escort & Tracer (10) (2)
Mark VIII (6) (8)
Mustang (6) (2)
Probe (3) (2)
Sable & Taurus (9) (7)
(1) In suction (low pressure) line.
(2) On accumulator-drier or filter-drier.
(3) On liquid line extension, in front of condenser.
(4) On condenser to evaporator tube, right of radiator. In the stowed position, is clipped to the condenser.
(5) On suction line, at evaporator core outlet tube.
(6) On A/C manifold and tube, between A/C compressor and condenser.
(7) On suction line, between evaporator core and accumulator-drier.
(8) On A/C manifold and tube, between A/C compressor and accumulator-drier.
(9) On condenser to evaporator tube, on an extension, near accumulator-drier.
(10) In discharge (high pressure) line, near condenser.