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| echocanyons |
 Jul 14 2003, 07:44 AM
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In about a month I will be taking delivery of my next project, a rust free 74 2.0. this car was ordered with the A/C, these I understand were all dealer installed.
After looking at the install I just have one thing to say (for those of you who havent seen one)what a hack job they basically cut the front trunk floor pan out for the condenser and cut the engine seal area in the engine bay for the hoses. I have been looking for patch peices for this area and I dont think anyone is reproducing that piece but maybe Im wrong. I am not planning to use A/C and I am planning to remove and repair the places that were dealer hacked does anyone know where I can get a front trunk floor pan? I am guessing itll come from a donor car, any sawzall parties in the near future? The short term plan for this is to bring it back to daily driver status with a projected driver status completion in Oct. after that I will try and give a break to have it painted. On a better note other than that the car is really clean and shouldnt take too much work to complete. Oh BTW its signal orange |
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| MarkV |
Jul 14 2003, 12:13 PM
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Fear the Jack Stands Group: Members Posts: 1,493 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson, AZ Member No.: 154 Region Association: None |
They hack the hole in w/ a jigsaw in the front trunk. My plan is to remove the condenser & build a frame/grid out of 1/2" X 1/2" angle iron, welded to the body, to clean the installation up & add some strength.
I bought a VDP condenser to replace my DPD condenser. The DPD condenser won't work very well if you convert to a rotary Sanden compressor; it's not big enough & doesn't move enough air to keep the high side pressure where it needs to be. The DPD condenser also doesn’t require that you cut a huge hole in the front trunk, the center of the trunk is left intact & you cut two slots 8”-10” wide slots for air to enter & exit. I have heard that if you use a rotary Sanden compressor you can get away w/out having to notch the engine shelf & seal. I have a Sanden that I plan on replacing my York pump w/, I haven't installed it yet but it looks like the seal will still have to be notched. You may be able to just cut the seal & not have to hack the engine shelf. It was 106 here yesterday so A/C is a must. |
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echocanyons Factory A/C install Jul 14 2003, 07:44 AM
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kevin Jul 15 2003, 07:51 AM echocanyons Fortunately the PO bought the whole piece and incl... Jul 15 2003, 09:06 AM cgnj I have a factory air setup sitting on the shelf. I... Jul 15 2003, 07:59 PM Mike's2nd914 Yeah, mine has the dealer installed air, looks lik... Jul 15 2003, 09:46 PM
BenNC My car had the AC removed when I got it. I count ... Jul 16 2003, 11:02 AM |
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