Anyone know what this part/tool is?

[trespinosranch]

I was looking for something I dropped under the seat and found this on the floor just below the driver's seat controls. It is 5 1/8" long.

 

[pmckechnie]

Looks like the tool used to remove/install the valve cores in a/c systems. The small end is for low pressure service port valve and the large end is for the high pressure service port valve.

 

[trespinosranch]

Thanks! I was hoping it was a tool vs. some part that belongs to the seat mechanism.

 

[kn5owa]

Looks like the tool used to remove/install the valve cores in a/c systems. The small end is for low pressure service port valve and the large end is for the high pressure service port valve.

That's exactly what is - a Schrader valve tool --- certainly an odd place for it

 

[Doc1049]

Can air conditioner low pressure valve be change out?

 

[joegr]

Can air conditioner low pressure valve be change out?

Do you mean the low side test/fill port? Sure it can. Refrigerant has to be recovered to do so, and then the system has to be evacuated before refilling it.

 

[Bakonyi]

It is a tool used for removing or installing Shrader valves, tire valves, etc..

 

[carguy75]

I was looking for something I dropped under the seat and found this on the floor just below the driver's seat controls. It is 5 1/8" long.

It is a shrader valve tool. The tool is used to remove the shrader valves out of tires and HVAC fittings. It can be used to tighten shrader valves to stop air or refrigerant leaks from loose valves.

Edit: I just noticed the OP asked this question back in 2016. Hope the OP got the answer already.

 

[carguy75]

Can air conditioner low pressure valve be change out?

Yes. The shrader cores can be replaced on the high and low pressure lines. If the hard line is damaged then you will have to replace the metal A/C line.

 

[EdP]

It is a shrader valve tool. The tool is used to remove the shrader valves out of tires and HVAC fittings. It can be used to tighten shrader valves to stop air or refrigerant leaks from loose valves.

Edit: I just noticed the OP asked this question back in 2016. Hope the OP got the answer already.

He just bought a new car and complained the tool was missing from under the seat

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[carguy75]

He just bought a new car and complained the tool was missing from under the seat

Actually the OP dropped some other item under seat and found the shrader tool(unknown to OP) while looking for the other item.

 

[Bakonyi]

I looked under the seat of my 2023 G70, I only found a french-fry with cat fur stuck to it!!!

 

[EdP]

I looked under the seat of my 2023 G70, I only found a french-fry with cat fur stuck to it!!!

If you reheat it over an open flame it burns the hair off. Good as new!

 

[Bakonyi]

If you reheat it over an open flame it burns the hair off. Good as new!

EdP, I don't ever eat in my car and I don't own a cat. Or, should I say, I don't eat cats in my car and don't own a french-fry. Either way, I was kidding.

 

[EdP]

EdP, I don't ever eat in my car and I don't own a cat. Or, should I say, I don't eat cats in my car and don't own a french-fry. Either way, I was kidding.

No matter. I can't pass up an opportunity to make an absurd comment.