Re: [Amc-list] Hornet evap
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Re: [Amc-list] Hornet evap
- From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:42:34 +0000
Hey, That sounds good!
I have the whole mess, controls and all, maybe even the condensor, but will likely go with new condensor, dryer hoses and compressor.
I'll do a thorough clean and pressure test on the evap as there is not sense in installing junk!
For years I said, "No A/C"
Now it seems, that we continually go straight from winter to summer, then spring and back and forth.
It will be much more enjoyable with A/C for those 95 degree days.
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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jeff Reeves" <jeffr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Mark:
> On the Hornet/Gremlin/Concords, the evap case naturally mates up to the heater
> case-meaning, the same heater case can be used whether or not the car has AC
> with, I think, just a minor mod at the point where the two mate up. The American
> heater case is most likely the same, meaning it should need little or no
> modification to make it mate up to the Hornet evap case.
>
> We did just such a swap on the Three Jeffs Project Hornet: we installed factory
> AC on a previously non-AC car, and as I recall when I had all the evap and
> heater cases out of the car, I looked at them side by side and didn't note
> anything really different between the AC and non-AC heater cases. The AC stuff
> we used came from a Spirit, and I think the biggest modification I had to make
> was mating the upper dash vent plenum to the top of the evap box.
>
> Using all stock AMC AC hoses, and a stock York compressor, I put R134a in the
> system and it got plenty cold.
>
> I think if you use the Hornet evap case to achieve a more-or-less factory style
> AC you'll be pleased with the results. The Sanden is a definite, and if you have
> new AC hoses made you're ahead of the game. The fittings on the Hornet evap box
> are already O-rings, I think, so you'd just have to eliminate the flare fittings
> elsewhere.
>
> Jeff Reeves
> Auburn GA
> 94 Cherokee
> 81 Spirit GT
> 72 Javelin SST
>
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