thanks for the reply and the info.

im going to evacuate the system tomorrow and give it a vacuum test. Ive had a hard time trying to find the right fittings for my high/low side adapters. Napa auto gave me the wrong ones, and autozone was oblivious to what i was asking. Going back to napa tomorrow to see if i can get the right ones. Which are 7/16s for the low side and 3/8s for the high side btw. ill keep this updated.