Yep, I will add to the fray here - the hoses are D/C and unobtanium new (and I have a '97) except for the accumulator can with its hose assembly. That said, be careful ordering that, as I had one sitting around for part of a year and when I went to install it, the bend was too tight at the firewall. Had to go to AutoZone and buy ANOTHER one. I will be writing the company that made the first one about that.
There is one place that will mod other available hoses to fit the application, but they are super expensive, like $200-$300 each. I presume they are buying Motorcraft hoses and modding them, or they have enough people willing to shell out that kind of cash that they are custom making them.
My solution was to find a REAL A/C shop locally - I had a local place just recently rebuild both my liquid line and compressor manifold assemblies. $75 got me all new rubber (better than original) and new crimps, plus cleanup of any rusty or questionable spots, and pressure testing of all hoses. Unfortunately, I spent a few hours installing the hoses the night I got them back (had to fix the busted coolant reservoir anyway) and the system still won't hold vacuum, so I will have to recheck all connections and try again. Might have to replace the condenser or something.
Keep in mind that the pressure switches can leak, just like an oil sender would. Plus their o-rings can leak, too. I just bought new switches from RockAuto recently and put them on the line assemblies. It cost about $10-15 for each one, so for a fairly small setback, that might be worth a try, too.
