AC Guru's, I need some help.

Thanks for the input everyone.

I found the issue.

First, I found that the manifold set I had borrowed from a friend has a serious flaw with the service port connectors. When you pull a vacuum something inside of them is acting like a check valve causing the system to only pull a vacuum on the service hoses/manifold :BangHead:. So every time I thought I pulled a vacuum. Nothing on the car was being evacuated.

After finding this out and using another manifold set I was not able to hold a vacuum. I pressurised the system with air from my compressor and got out the soapy water focusing on where I thought I had a leak at the condenser. Sure enough, the seam between the mounting block for the high-pressure line and the condenser had a crack. Replaced the condenser and away we went.