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Coupler HVAC: Service and Repair
Peanut Fitting Connect and Disconnect Procedure

DISCONNECT

1. Perform the Refrigerant Discharging and Recovery Procedure.  See: Service and Repair/Refrigerant Discharging and Recovery procedure

2. Remove the nut from the peanut fitting.

CAUTION:  Support the female fitting with a wrench to prevent the tubes from twisting.

3. Pull the peanut fitting apart.

4. Remove the O-ring seal with a non-metallic tool.

CAUTION:  Do not use metal tools to remove the O-ring seal. They can cause axial scratches across the O-ring seal groove resulting in 
refrigerant leaks.

CONNECT

1. Clean all dirt or foreign material from the fittings.

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