Removing the old A/C lines has been backed up because I've been waiting on a part that I ordered the day I bought the car... This little beastie:
It slots in to the jack point like this, providing a nice flat surface for a floor jack to lift the car.
I yanked on the driver's side line after unclipping several P-clips (Why, oh why, Porsche, do you use screws instead of bolts EVERYWHERE?):
I'm not going to be reusing the lines, but even if I were, this particular line would be getting replaced. Look at this:
Yeah, someone cut the A/C line by lifting the car by it and the pinch weld. Eep! Anyway, a ton more 8mm screws...
And a few more lines that were in the way by the dryer:
And I've finally got the lines out. Well, two of the four anyway:
Oh, and check this out:
That's supposed to be a condenser. As in, it's supposed to be finned. Like a radiator. Instead, it's a solid mass of nasty gunk. Another piece that just plain wouldn't work had I intended to reuse the factory system. This one probably could just have been cleaned, but instead I'mma toss it. Don't wanna risk that it's punctured, and I have no idea how to activate the fan associated with it anyway. Maybe in the future I'll replace it with an oil cooler.
Let's switch over to the A/C lines. This is the one I had to hack up in the smuggler's box. The grinder was brought out again.
At this point, it's just the line from the evap to the dryer left. Since I'm not gonna use either of these... Out.
