Markass1970

I just bought a used low pressure a/c line on ebay. Great deal ($25) especially when new run around $100. Anyways, I'm going to attempt to swap this out myself. I have a few questions.

1) Is this a driveway type job? Can I handle doing this myself? I'm no mechanic but I can do your basic replacement part jobs.

2) Can I expect to be able to just recharge my system using an off the shelf recharge canister?

or

Will I have to have this professionally charged because the system will need to be vacuumed?

I ask this because the line seemed to keep a charge for a few hours after I patched the pin hole that was in the low pressure line. The next day I ran the car and it wasn't pushing any a/c. However, it was immediately after I recharged it with EZ CHILL. My dad stated that it may just be a simple replace and recharge being that it kept the charge immediately after the EZ CHILL was put into the line. My conclusion with the patching attempt was that it leaked out again over night. I didn't figure that the patch attempt would be a success but it was a first things first kind of thing.

Now that I am replacing the bad line I need to know what I'm looking at... what I'm I in for? Also, if this needs to be vacuumed and recharged by a mechanic what should I expect to pay?

It's getting hotter and hotter everyday in Florida and windows down isn't working out to good anymore.

Any thoughts, opinions, advice and how-to's are greatly appreciated. Also, will I need any special tools to replace this line?

Thanks for your time in reading this long winded question.
Markass1970
2002 Mustang GT
Mineral Grey