York to Sanden Conversion, Doug AC Fun Options

[Mblizzard]

Ok so I told myself the next time I pulled my engine I was going to get rid of the York compressor that seems to barely work. The system is currently R134 somehow but I am not sure that the Sanden 508 is the compressor I should go with. It seems like the 505 or 507 would be sufficient.

Anyone have a line on where to get a 505 or 507? 508s are easy to find but I though going down a size would ease installation.

Thoughts?

[Mblizzard]

Ok so here is what I know. There are 2 types of brackets available. They both assume you have an existing point to mount your York Compressor. My location is the red bracket shown below.



The first one is very basic and assumes that you have some method to tension the belt other than relying on the limited movement that can be achieved by moving the bracket on the existing mounting point. You could find a belt that was the right length to work but you would certainly be limited.



The next option is a bracket that has adjustment built into it.

This seems like the better option but I have no idea of how it will potentially interfere with the engine lid, tins etc. But it seems like for my application that I would have sufficient tin clearance to use this type of bracket.



I just have to verify the rotation direction of the 507. I know the 508 can go either direction. Our engines rotate Clockwise from the pulley end