StingrayL82 wrote:
DRTDEVL wrote:
Here's a quick question... Anyone have a 79+ Chassis? The A/C setup is different in the 79 and later chassis than the older ones. My grandfather did not believe in AC, and only used the Winnie on the Pacific Coast. He removed everything under the hood, and nobody was able to locate it after his passing. I know it was a single-row pulley set and would have used a model RV2 compressor, but I need to see where everything hooks up... the evaporator is separate from the heater system (directly behind the center of the dash) with different ducts and a separate fan control on the same bezel as the heat/defrost. I have no idea where to source the manifold lines, where to mount the receiver/drier, if its an orifice tube or expansion valve system (but I can disassemble the dash to find that out), or the bracketry to mount anything... but I am pretty resourceful with retrofitting similar parts from junk vehicles. I can adapt just about any condenser based upon the fitting sizes, the space available, and the ability to put the largest possible condenser in the space (need more cooling on R134a than on R12).
Anyone have one and some pics of how everything is routed and mounted?
Ok, the condenser is 30" wide by 18" high. I have no idea about orifice vs expansion....I'm A/C stupid, when it comes to terminology, but I took pics. You can see that the condenser attaches to has attached tabs that attach to the core support.
By the way, the B-150, from which I pulled this stuff, was double-row pulley.
I'll have to bookmark this so I can find it later.
The biggest problem I have found with the JY hunts is the use of a different compressor with the 2-row pulley. That is because those units have smog pumps, and mine does not. The smog pump models place the compressor just right of center, while mine would be just left of center.
I hear there is a JY across town with a lot of old MOPAR in it, so I'm going to check that one out soon. It would have been tomorrow, but there was recently a death in the family, so I am now planning a road trip in my GF's car. Interestingly enough, this entails fixing a couple things on my old Chevy truck because, while I could live with the annoyances, I won't leave her here to drive our infant around in it for a week unless its 100% right for her... plus hers needs an oil change before I head out.
