AC Install is complete! - 06/02/08 10:32 AM
Well, after a lot of banging my head under the dash, hood and finally realizing that a 6'-3" 60 year old does not bend like he used to ( I already knew that) the A/C system is in, charged and working beautifully. The first shop that crimped my hoses did a terrible job as these fittings need a triple bump crimp. He did a double bump and I could pull the hose right off! I did a lot of minor fabricating as I wanted to make the installation as un-obtrusive as possible. I did not want to drill firewall bulkhead holes after 20 hours of smoothing the firewall. I routed the hoses and power wires together down along the frame through the bottom of the passenger kick panel and up and over the top and under the dash. A new bracket for the electric fan, spacers for the compressor bracket, a lower shield for protecting the hoses that run along the frame, a couple of custom evaporator brackets, and re-configuring the manifold heat system. That took some figuring, cutting and head sratching.
The system works pretty nice. It really cools well and made my left knee pretty cold. It has a powerful 3-speed fan, Floor, Dash, Defrost Heat & A/C. It also has a bi-level switch for dash and floor control. It works as nice as a brand new car system. My compliments to Vintage Air working out all the bugs and the fly-by-wire control panel really helps with the installation.
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1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe
The system works pretty nice. It really cools well and made my left knee pretty cold. It has a powerful 3-speed fan, Floor, Dash, Defrost Heat & A/C. It also has a bi-level switch for dash and floor control. It works as nice as a brand new car system. My compliments to Vintage Air working out all the bugs and the fly-by-wire control panel really helps with the installation.
RapRap
1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe