kmakar
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I’ll post a pic a little later or in the AM, I’ve had it 15+ yrs
This is the one I'm looking at buying:
And the recovery tank:
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This site is completely free and there are no costs. Please enjoy and provide feedback.I’ll post a pic a little later or in the AM, I’ve had it 15+ yrs
14x 24 seems to be the going size for 67 and earlier. I think the hole in the core support is a bit smaller than the later models. It’s the size used by Vintage Air and another place I saw that makes application specific kits.My new friend a mobile boat/auto ac guy said always use the largest cond coil you can fit
The Vevor looks like my unit only mines blue, tank looks like a good deal too, I paid over $600 about 15 yrs ago for my machineThis is the one I'm looking at buying:
And the recovery tank:
I opened my core support from SB size to BB size but mines a 68, also it had what looked like a damn pattern to cut out so was very easy, I don’t know anything about 67 or older other than think they’re beautiful14x 24 seems to be the going size for 67 and earlier. I think the hole in the core support is a bit smaller than the later models. It’s the size used by Vintage Air and another place I saw that makes application specific kits.
The Vevor looks like my unit only mines blue, tank looks like a good deal too, I paid over $600 about 15 yrs ago for my machine
Seems like I’ve seen Vevor stuff sold at a local ac supply house to do it must be decent stuff since they’d need to warranty itI've had good luck buying from Vevor. The tools are pretty good (still asian stuff like everything else), but nothing I bought from them failed yet. I figure I'll get like 2 or 3 tanks for different refrigerants I'll be dealing with. I have most everything else except a recovery system.
I think they should be punched in the mouth first then fired, mines no where near where the instr. say to install it, they do work great once you re-engineer the installation, I think I have an extra hole or 2? in my smoothed firewall because of it not fitting right by the instr.Continued with the Chevelle evaporator install. I had already previously installed a Vintage Air evap in the 68 Camaro, so I expected this to go smoothly. Wrong !!
The 4 hoses connected to the evaporator were too high as they entered the kick panel, putting everything in a bind.
So I first moved everyting 4" to the drivers side. Then 3 more times I lowered it, trying to get it to sit level and not in a twist.
I finally have it fairly plumb and level. After moving it toward the driver side and lowering it, I had to space the inside supports away from the firewall by 1".
What a poorly designed setup !
You can look at the pic and see the hoses are still too high as they enter the kick panel.
I'll have to modify the fresh air vent so the hoses are not in a strain. The Camaro was EASY. Whoever designed this POS should be fired.
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The original mounting hole is at the left. Moved it 4" toward the drivers side and then down 3 times !
It was very irritating removing the factory defrost duct and putting the VA defrost ducts in, IMO they should've came up with a way to reuse the factory duct but I guess when you're packing 20lbs of shit in a 2lb box what do you do?I suspected I'd have the same problem when I installed the A/C in the GTO clone, so I preinstalled it before I smoothed the firewall.
I had probably 3 holes to fill back in (welded), but when I pull it all back apart again to finish the repairs and paint (hopefully in the next month or two) it'll be clean without additional holes to fix and it won't screw up the finished paint.