Air Conditioner Condenser and Fan Mount Tips

[ray_]

2 hours ago, BritshIron said:

I have heard that folks do exactly as you describe. Eliminate the pulley-driven fan in favor of using only the electric fan associated with the condenser. I think it will work fine, especially with an upgraded radiator.

 

Maybe where you are ?

 

But maybe not where I  am! 

 

 

Cheers,

[BritshIron]

Well, I borrowed my wife's outside thermometer and used a rubber band to secure it to the evaporator and ash tray. 39 degees F after 10 miles of driving. I'm happy with that!

 

Aloha, Robert  (PS. Ambient temperature is 78 degrees. RPS)

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, BritshIron said:

Well, I borrowed my wife's outside thermometer and used a rubber band to secure it to the evaporator and ash tray. 39 degees F after 10 miles of driving. I'm happy with that!

 

Aloha, Robert  (PS. Ambient temperature is 78 degrees. RPS)

 

Oh no, Robert! Never trot out a thermometer for your A/C in front of Ray! Anyone, but not Ray! ???

 

He has no choice now but to show us all, in un-retouched photos, how his Frigiking reaches -12 Fahrenheit, idling in Savannah traffic. On the highway, it gets much colder.... ?

 

The horror...the horror.... ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

Edited November 22, 2018 by Conserv

[ray_]

Did you hear about the guy who froze himself to absolute zero?

 

He's O K now.

 

[Conserv]

1 minute ago, ray_ said:

Did you hear about the guy who froze himself to absolute zero?

 

He's O K now.

 

 

LMAO!

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[BritshIron]

As per the wreck of the Hindenburg, "Oh, the humanity." Happy Thanksgiving! Robert

[Simeon]

6 hours ago, ray_ said:

Did you hear about the guy who froze himself to absolute zero?

 

He's O K now.

 

Guess what I am emailing my physicist friend?

[Scottjeffrey]

Dudeland Looks great!!!!. After mounting the condenser, was it very hard to get a wrench onto the fittings to tighten up well? How about to the receiver dryer? What did you use to cut the condenser bracket on the passing side to fit so nicely? Test fitted my condenser and fan today. Hope to have it in this weekend. Hope springs eternal, lol.

Scott

[Scottjeffrey]

BritishIron, Is your condenser mounted at an angle or flush with the radiator 'bulkhead-firewall'?

[Henning]

On 8/12/2018 at 3:38 AM, Whaledriver said:

 

 

 

Please, before I can't get to sleep this night: is that subframe cracked or a flash effect??

hen

 

[Scottjeffrey]

Say it ain't so!

[BritshIron]

Scottjeffrey, It's sort of hard to photograph with the car now buttoned up, but the condenser is pretty much in the same plane as the radiator. Vertical, but don't use a plumb-bob!

 

I'll be back into the engine later this month. One thing I'm going to do is change the location of the dryer, to a cooler spot in the engine bay (maybe just under the air intake and forward of the washer bottle, on the right, front bulkhead). I'm also going to re-route the hose coming out of the expansion valve/evaporator to allow it to run along the scuttle (oops, firewall) and then along the right side of the engine bay to the dryer. I don't like the hose going over the top of the engine, as shown. 

 

I'm trying for Ray's -12 Fahrenheit at idle, or was that Centigrade? Good luck! Robert

 

PS. Can you all see the six, roughly two inch holes drilled right along the bottom of the front valence? I'm thinking that was done back in the day, to help air cool the dealer-installed condenser/A/C system--the old York set-up. Just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this type of added ventilation! The holes nicely done, but not recommended!

[Scottjeffrey]

I don't believe mine has those holes. Thank you so much for the correspondence! Scuttle, firewall; pass me a scone

Edited January 3, 2019 by Scottjeffrey

[ray_]

BTW, assuming you have modernized the system ad have O ring fittings, they don't require excessive tightening. The O ring does the sealing.

 

How tight?

 

Tight enough!

 

[Conserv]

13 hours ago, BritshIron said:

Scottjeffrey, It's sort of hard to photograph with the car now buttoned up, but the condenser is pretty much in the same plane as the radiator. Vertical, but don't use a plumb-bob!

 

I'll be back into the engine later this month. One thing I'm going to do is change the location of the dryer, to a cooler spot in the engine bay (maybe just under the air intake and forward of the washer bottle, on the right, front bulkhead). I'm also going to re-route the hose coming out of the expansion valve/evaporator to allow it to run along the scuttle (oops, firewall) and then along the right side of the engine bay to the dryer. I don't like the hose going over the top of the engine, as shown. 

 

I'm trying for Ray's -12 Fahrenheit at idle, or was that Centigrade? Good luck! Robert

 

PS. Can you all see the six, roughly two inch holes drilled right along the bottom of the front valence? I'm thinking that was done back in the day, to help air cool the dealer-installed condenser/A/C system--the old York set-up. Just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this type of added ventilation! The holes nicely done, but not recommended!

 

 

 

Robert,

 

I’ve seen a few small holes drilled in front lower valances either to drain water — which collects in the panel when the factory drains clog — or to retrieve stuff — nuts and bolts, generally — that has fallen down into the crevice. But I’ve never seen six enormous holes like you have! You’ve really got some improved air flow!

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited January 3, 2019 by Conserv