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Old 06-01-2007, 10:19 PM
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I have a 95Gt and I just refilled my a/c and noticed that i have a leak where i add the freon but i looked and noticed that i dont see a valve stem i have what looks to be a little ball am i blind or is this how it is in newer cars???
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:20 PM
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I thought they had valve stems myself, I have an 87 so I may be wrong.
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:23 PM
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well my 87 had valve stems but i see what looks like a ball
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:25 PM
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pretty sure its a valve stem....

theres 3 of them all by the compressor
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:28 PM
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95's had 134a with a different valve setup than previous models with r12.
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:31 PM
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so im right about the ball?
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:38 PM
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so im right about the ball?
prolly
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Old 06-01-2007, 10:55 PM
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It's not a ball. It is just a redesigned schrader valve. I can see how you would think it looks like a ball but it's not.
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Old 06-01-2007, 11:32 PM
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can it be changed?
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Old 06-01-2007, 11:34 PM
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