Still muddling about AC installation on my 66 vert, 289/302.
I have a replica condenser with drier, a Sanden compressor mounted on an adapter to an original York mounting plate, and a 1965 evaporator (AC lines coming out the driver's side of the evap case).
I also am installing an electric fan with shroud.
From the highly variable info online, I see that the following lines are used:
A) a solid aluminum liquid line from the drier (which is directly connected to the condenser), looks about 2ft long and is "S" shaped;
B) that solid line connects to a #6 hose that goes to the evaporator
C) Then a #10 hose from the evaporator to the compressor
D) Then a #8 hose from the compressor back to the condenser
QUESTIONS:
1) Why is line "A" a solid long aluminum line? How is it routed? Why is it "S" shaped? I can't find any pix of how this #6 line is routed in the engine compartment.
2) Where and how do I insert a trinary pressure/fan switch? Directly onto the drier? ...or between line "A" and "B" (listed above)? Somewhere else?
3) I can make my own AC lines for the connections into and out of the evaporator (lines B and C), but I would like to buy pre-made lines out of the condenser and drier (lines D and A) because it looks like they route through some bodywork.
I have seen pre-made lines for sale on several AC sites, BUT MY WORRIES ARE THAT THE LINE "D" FROM THE COMPRESSOR TO THE CONDENSER MIGHT BE FOR AN ORIGINAL YORK COMPRESSOR and not a Sanden -- I think that there is a difference between York and Sanden hookups, right?
Anyone know about this?
Thanks for any pix or info.
I have a replica condenser with drier, a Sanden compressor mounted on an adapter to an original York mounting plate, and a 1965 evaporator (AC lines coming out the driver's side of the evap case).
I also am installing an electric fan with shroud.
From the highly variable info online, I see that the following lines are used:
A) a solid aluminum liquid line from the drier (which is directly connected to the condenser), looks about 2ft long and is "S" shaped;
B) that solid line connects to a #6 hose that goes to the evaporator
C) Then a #10 hose from the evaporator to the compressor
D) Then a #8 hose from the compressor back to the condenser
QUESTIONS:
1) Why is line "A" a solid long aluminum line? How is it routed? Why is it "S" shaped? I can't find any pix of how this #6 line is routed in the engine compartment.
2) Where and how do I insert a trinary pressure/fan switch? Directly onto the drier? ...or between line "A" and "B" (listed above)? Somewhere else?
3) I can make my own AC lines for the connections into and out of the evaporator (lines B and C), but I would like to buy pre-made lines out of the condenser and drier (lines D and A) because it looks like they route through some bodywork.
I have seen pre-made lines for sale on several AC sites, BUT MY WORRIES ARE THAT THE LINE "D" FROM THE COMPRESSOR TO THE CONDENSER MIGHT BE FOR AN ORIGINAL YORK COMPRESSOR and not a Sanden -- I think that there is a difference between York and Sanden hookups, right?
Anyone know about this?
Thanks for any pix or info.