John Boy

The element inside the filter drier does corrode and clog up at the TEV. It happened to my truck.

Do you have a link?

Well the trip to Arizona is back on.....2400 miles...should be leaving either Friday or Saturday as am watching the weather reports....

Part of a R134 conversion is pulling a 29 inch vacuum and holding that vacuum to ensure no leaks. This also in turn removes ALL the R 12 and it's oil. The fact that it's overcharged ( increasing your high side pressures) don't be surprised if the inside of the filter drier blew out and is blocking the expansion valve.

Until you put some gauges on it you can guess all you want.

I just went ahead and replaced the whole axle ......

My 95 XE has a fair amount of play in the steering also...I read in one post to replace the front and rear sway bar end link bushings. I haven't tried it so I don't know if that would help tighten up the steering.

That's a cv boot ........I just replaced one myself...

What bolts on our pathy's isn't rusted shut....

Well due to my job I had to go back to NY instead of Arizona. I was really impressed with the pathy though, the first 11 hours I was going 85 to 90 mph, it didn't hiccup once. The other 11 hours I backed her down to 75-80 mph. By the time I hit NJ I was driving in a dam ice storm. I must say the pathy is a solid vehicle and has gained my confidence.

You described my problem perfectly ...I always hated the steering at highway speeds. I looked at some of the bushings and they do look all dried up and warped. I wouldn't of thought bad bushings would create this.

In all the tranny cooler posts I've read never once heard of anyone having problems because the tranny fluid was to cold. Mine is right in front of the radiator and we had some bone chilling temps when I left out of NY and I didn't have any problems.

If I was a betting man I would go with what was mentioned the little shelf on top of the oil pan after a oil change. It has seemed to have stopped. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Mine is 1/16th to the left.....

AC is fixed replaced expansion valve, condenser, and filter drier. Now nice cold air... So I should be heading out this weekend.