Details

• Brand:

  

  

• SKU:

  F8DZ-19E746-CA

• Positions: Rear
• Other Names:

  AC Line Retainer, AC Line Clip, Refrigerant Hose Clip, Pressure Hose Clip, A/C Refrigerant Line Bracket, Pressure Hose Retainer Clip, Clip

• Description:

  This genuine Ford air conditioning line retainer is the lock clip that secures a spring-lock refrigerant coupling, holding the male and female A/C line fittings together so the joint stays sealed under system pressure. It is a common service component used across a very broad range of Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles spanning multiple decades and platforms, from vans and light trucks to passenger cars, because the spring-lock coupling design was shared throughout the fleet. The clip snaps over the coupling to prevent the two lines from separating and to keep the internal garter spring engaged. A missing, broken, or improperly seated clip allows the coupling to loosen, which leads to a refrigerant leak, loss of cooling performance, hissing at the connection, or complete separation of the A/C line. Whenever a spring-lock coupling is opened for compressor, condenser, evaporator, or hose service, this retainer should be replaced to guarantee the joint locks fully. Ford catalogs this piece as an A/C tube lock coupling clip within the climate-control plumbing group. Install it by pushing the coupling fully together until the garter spring seats, then snapping the retainer into place, and evacuate and recharge the system to the correct specification after any line service.

• Replaces:

  fo9z19e746a

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