A/C ???
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A/C ???
My 77 used to have a/c but a previous owner removed the compressor, all brackets & hoses. Would I be better off getting oem or use something like the Vintage air universal? :confused:
Drifting
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Re: A/C ??? (Geoff1340)
Probably OEM, now sometime in '77 they switched from A6 compressor and VIR system to R4 compressor and CCOT system. So that will make a difference in what parts are needed to restore it. I'm not an AC expert by a long shot. Especially if it's not the same as my '78's CCOT system which I just took a crash course in and repaired.
Scott
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Re: A/C ??? (Geoff1340)
I would try seeing if vintage air would break up a kit...for compressor mounting...the evap and cond are both in place, I presume....flush them both very well....obviously a new drier/receiver and expansion valve/oriface tube...
I would want a later model Oriental version of an A6 axial compressor...
they are aluminum, and lined with steel, and smaller, lighter, and certainly a LOT better than the R4 compressors of later sharks...
GENE
I would want a later model Oriental version of an A6 axial compressor...
they are aluminum, and lined with steel, and smaller, lighter, and certainly a LOT better than the R4 compressors of later sharks...
GENE
