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The AC engine in the Ford car is having problems

So this was my gauges after adding two cans of Freon. I’m new to this so not sure what the high side or low side should read. Not sure what I’m shootong for.


So let me clarify, I bought this old truck a year or so ago. It was an old farm truck and it was rough. I recently bought all new AC (condenser, evaporater, accumulator, orfice tube etc)  components to put in the truck but haven’t gotten around to doing it. Reason is condensing coil was all bent up from sticking a pressure washer in It to try and make truck run cool, Evap was supposed cleaned out but again not sure how well after living its life in the dust.

Anyways the compressor was kicking on and off and I thought it may be low on Freon so I bought a couple cans. As I put the first one in it got to where the compressor wasn’t kicking on and off but rather running for longer periods of time. 

I put the two in and it seems pretty cool inside the truck now but that was the gauges at the end. I bought this truck as my son’s first vehicle and was trying to get him by until I can install all the new parts. 

I already talked to my guy at ford and he is going to reclaim everything before I disassemble to reinstall new parts. Anyways it’s where I am and I may seek professional help when I get to the point of reinstalling.


Resealed the hpop and fuel bowl and new hpop lines on my truck last week. 

Re installed everything, cranked it, ran horribly for about 20 seconds then died. Since then it's been crank no start. I spent a lot of time rechecking my work for anything I could have done wrong, but all good.

-filled Hpop reservoir 

-Cycled key, could hear fuel pump cycle and fuel bowl filled with fuel.

-Kept batteries charged and cranked a couple dozen times to try to bleed air from Hpop.

-Checked nut and torque on IPR 

-unplugged ICP

-Swapped in a CPS I had

-checked fuses 

I ordered a scan tool and downloaded Forscan. Today the IPR and ICP readings were all showing good numbers indicating no problems with HPOP system. 

However it threw codes U1027/U1950/U1262  indicating that there's trouble in communication between the PCM and IDM.

I can't see any visible damage to the wires, relays are good.

Only bought the truck last month, not a mechanic but almost at the stage of bringing it to the shop.

I'm thinking the IDM is the issue, I've been reading if I had the batteries disconnected and reconnected it or jumped the batteries it can kill an old IDM? Could the rough running on first start, multiple cranks and  jump have killed it?

Appreciate any help, it's been driving me crazy trying to figure it out.

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