Some of you already know that I've always wanted AC in my pickup...
Hell, that's why I put the big torque 300 cu in engine in instead of the 240. Well, after seachin on Ebay and Craigslist I got lucky and found a used after market unit really cheap. I wish that I had a $1000 to fork over for an exact match unit from Vintage Air but I didn't. I blew the exhaust manifold gasket so it was a good time to start the AC install. The following install will come to you in parts...or should I say problems....
Problem #1
How do I mount the sanden compressor on the passenger side of the 300 motor? There is no bracket made for this application. Guess who made one out of an alternator bracket I had laying around.
Here are a few pics of the passenger side of the engine showing the alternator bracket chopped on the upper left to clear the manifold and chopped along the lower right to clear the water pump hose.
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Hell, that's why I put the big torque 300 cu in engine in instead of the 240. Well, after seachin on Ebay and Craigslist I got lucky and found a used after market unit really cheap. I wish that I had a $1000 to fork over for an exact match unit from Vintage Air but I didn't. I blew the exhaust manifold gasket so it was a good time to start the AC install. The following install will come to you in parts...or should I say problems....
Problem #1
How do I mount the sanden compressor on the passenger side of the 300 motor? There is no bracket made for this application. Guess who made one out of an alternator bracket I had laying around.
Here are a few pics of the passenger side of the engine showing the alternator bracket chopped on the upper left to clear the manifold and chopped along the lower right to clear the water pump hose.
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Last edited by Casimier on Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:00 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : pictures)