Ac bracket support
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
Ac bracket support
I think I'm missing the support bracket from the ac compressor to the exasust intake, I only heard about it , I haven't seen it, and i dont know where it supose to be mounted, could any one take a picture and post it here or send it to my e mail pls? Its :
Arkan17may@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot Ricky
By the way it's for 1991 corvette with l98
Arkan17may@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot Ricky
By the way it's for 1991 corvette with l98
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
vetteoz
thanks a milion for the pics, the upper bracket ( on the newspaper) i have it at home! the mechanic who installed the hooker long tubes headers gave it to me with the original exasust manifolds last year, i remembered asking him about it and why its not on the car and he said that it belongs to the manifolds and its not important!! now i had to replace my ac bracket last week after it broke down into 3 pieces!!! when i heard that im supose to have a suporting bracket between the compressor and the exasust manifold, i was suspecting it, but i couldnt figure out where it mounts!! it looks from the pics that it mounts on the front bolt on #4 tube, right?
thanks a milion for the pics, the upper bracket ( on the newspaper) i have it at home! the mechanic who installed the hooker long tubes headers gave it to me with the original exasust manifolds last year, i remembered asking him about it and why its not on the car and he said that it belongs to the manifolds and its not important!! now i had to replace my ac bracket last week after it broke down into 3 pieces!!! when i heard that im supose to have a suporting bracket between the compressor and the exasust manifold, i was suspecting it, but i couldnt figure out where it mounts!! it looks from the pics that it mounts on the front bolt on #4 tube, right?
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
and yes i have the bottom bracket already in its place, but i dont have the one that bolts on the water pump!!! by missing 2 supporting brackets, no wonder my ac bracket gave up and broke down!! im sure GM is smarter than that freaken mechanic!!
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
I don't know how to load pics here into the forum, otherwise I would show how mine broke into 3 pieces!! I got it for about $ 60 from a member but trust me man, it's not fun to put that thing in!!!
Safety Car
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Re a/c bracket
Hi
Make sure you hold the bracket in place before adding a/c.
Some water pumps do not allow the a/c bracket to seat properly, check for gaps at the head water pump and block mounting points.
Especially pay attention to the heater return pipe sticking out of the water pump , i ended up putting washers between the block and a/c bracket to make sure the a/c bracket was not under stress from misaligned mounting holes.
That is how my first a/c bracket broke
when i tightened the bolts after replacing the water pump .... it was not machined properly at the bolt mounting. I know now to check the fit before i torque the bolts 
Please check this when fitting your replacement a/c bracket
Make sure you hold the bracket in place before adding a/c.
Some water pumps do not allow the a/c bracket to seat properly, check for gaps at the head water pump and block mounting points.
Especially pay attention to the heater return pipe sticking out of the water pump , i ended up putting washers between the block and a/c bracket to make sure the a/c bracket was not under stress from misaligned mounting holes.
That is how my first a/c bracket broke
when i tightened the bolts after replacing the water pump .... it was not machined properly at the bolt mounting. I know now to check the fit before i torque the bolts Please check this when fitting your replacement a/c bracket
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: el cajon ca
Hi
Make sure you hold the bracket in place before adding a/c.
Some water pumps do not allow the a/c bracket to seat properly, check for gaps at the head water pump and block mounting points.
Especially pay attention to the heater return pipe sticking out of the water pump , i ended up putting washers between the block and a/c bracket to make sure the a/c bracket was not under stress from misaligned mounting holes.
That is how my first a/c bracket broke when i tightened the bolts after replacing the water pump .... it was not machined properly at the bolt mounting. I know now to check the fit before i torque the bolts Please check this when fitting your replacement a/c bracket
Make sure you hold the bracket in place before adding a/c.
Some water pumps do not allow the a/c bracket to seat properly, check for gaps at the head water pump and block mounting points.
Especially pay attention to the heater return pipe sticking out of the water pump , i ended up putting washers between the block and a/c bracket to make sure the a/c bracket was not under stress from misaligned mounting holes.
That is how my first a/c bracket broke
when i tightened the bolts after replacing the water pump .... it was not machined properly at the bolt mounting. I know now to check the fit before i torque the bolts Please check this when fitting your replacement a/c bracket
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load your pics.
select your pics that you want to upload and use the IMG tag line. litterally it will give you 4 different loading options, copy the IMG tagline into your clipboard, then you go over to the forum you want to paste in and hit ctrl+v to paste (or right click and select paste). and there you go.
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Racer
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From: el cajon ca
make an account at photobucket . com
load your pics.
select your pics that you want to upload and use the IMG tag line. litterally it will give you 4 different loading options, copy the IMG tagline into your clipboard, then you go over to the forum you want to paste in and hit ctrl+v to paste (or right click and select paste). and there you go.
load your pics.
select your pics that you want to upload and use the IMG tag line. litterally it will give you 4 different loading options, copy the IMG tagline into your clipboard, then you go over to the forum you want to paste in and hit ctrl+v to paste (or right click and select paste). and there you go.
i made it!!
