So started some work this weekend - and made a whole bunch of mistakes right off the bat....
Cracked my Evaporator box getting it out of the smugglers box. Broke retention clips off both the rear defroster and emergency flasher switches taking the plugs off the back getting the console out... cracked the new fan speed switch mounting it in the console! geesh!! I'm a walking disaster. Hopefully some super glue will work on some of it - maybe a patch kit on the evap box (see other thread I started there) -
Evaporator fins were kinda munged up in a few places...
I "evacuated" the system myself - put down towels and such in case dye sprayed out - but when I went to push the Shrader valve, it barely went pffft... there was really no pressure left in the system