Dartin for Divorce
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j par
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No I wanted mine in the power steering area so it would be more hidden. If you want to put right up front in the stock position which I like to call the holy cow nice AC compressor position you can..
Doc, I got some bad news for you. We have a number of similarities that are no good for you, mostly because being like me is a poor plan for anyone, even on a good day. We have 69 Darts, we are forever working on them with only a vague idea going into it what we are doing, we travel the Dark Passages of the Rabbit Hole, (at least for this weekend) we live in way-too-hot locations (100 here, which is enough to make me cry Uncle 15 degrees ago), and now dinner is waiting on the smoker to do its thing. I have a rack of baby backs that went on an hour ago, which means dinner won't be ready till 9 or 930. I'm getting by on peanuts and beer till then.
I "have" a stock ac right now, but it doesn't blow any cold air. Fixing it is definitely on the to do list.
Like long lost brothers. We had a good dinner tonight. Buddy brought the jalepeno poppers. Wife cooked some home made Mac an cheese, home made baked beans, mashed potatoes, cupcakes and this cheesecake thing. Im stuffed, and will probably die of a heart attack one day from eating so unhealthy
Also "having a vague idea on what we are doing" is a very huge overstatement when talking about me.
j par
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What I did had nothing to do with fixing a factory ac... Mine was a near one-off custom deal...
Yea I saw that. It looks cool, and the hoses running up the wheel well is pretty cool.
j par
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Thank you, it was my attempt to hide the AC as much as possible...
You just did it recently right? Blowing cold and having no problems? Putting any extra stress on the engine?
j par
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Yes you can check the dates on the thread just recently..
Blowing very cold need to turn it down on low sometimes....
Putting strain on my 410 dual-quad Stroker... ?.. not hardly LOL...
Touche. I need one of these stroker things you speak of... one day. Its added to the list.
67 gt
A Wog boy who loves his Mopars !
You will love the stroker things Doc . The torque is a rush ...Touche. I need one of these stroker things you speak of... one day. Its added to the list.
20 years ago I worked as a salesman at a Dodge dealer. I guy traded in a Geo Metro for a new Ram 1500. On the drive with the used car manager, determining trade-in value for the Metro, he reached over & turned on the AC. It literally threw us forward! The AC was about as much as that little 3-cylinder could handle.
Things keep breaking or not working properly and it'll be a long time before I get to that stroker thing.
67 gt
A Wog boy who loves his Mopars !
Doc you can pester 70AAR as he has a few of those kits laying around . When you qualify you can have his family on a dental plan no charge as payment for a few rounds .
Doc you can pester 70AAR as he has a few of those kits laying around . When you qualify you can have his family on a dental plan no charge as payment for a few rounds .
Yea he has just "a couple" of the stroker kits. Its funny when he talks about "finding" an extra engine, transmission or some big engine part that he forgot about having. That's life goals right there.
On fixing your ac, the issue is it came from the factory with R12 which is hard to come by.
You cannot just charge your ac with the more common R134, it will cause issues with the compressor, and the oil is not compatible.
I would change to a modern sanden compressor, add new lines, condenser and drier.
Flush your stock evaporator out, you should be on your way to cold ac.
I have been looking at the stuff these guys sell, to fix the factory AC in a Duster I just bought.
Its about $950.oo to replace everything under the hood, the bracket for my slant is stupid expensive at $350, but the small block ones are alot cheaper.
Products: Air Conditioning - Bouchillon Performance Engineering
You cannot just charge your ac with the more common R134, it will cause issues with the compressor, and the oil is not compatible.
I would change to a modern sanden compressor, add new lines, condenser and drier.
Flush your stock evaporator out, you should be on your way to cold ac.
I have been looking at the stuff these guys sell, to fix the factory AC in a Duster I just bought.
Its about $950.oo to replace everything under the hood, the bracket for my slant is stupid expensive at $350, but the small block ones are alot cheaper.
Products: Air Conditioning - Bouchillon Performance Engineering
Yea i tried the -
Empty old r12 from system
Add pag oil
Add r134a...
Didn't work for me, but then again I probably did something wrong haha. The cold master kit comes with everything you need to add ac I believe, it also comes with a sanden compressor, all for 500ish.
I also have my stock ac brackets, if those don't work I'm pretty sure I have a couple zip ties left in the tool box.
Stock AC brackets will not work, I would buy the brackets in the link I posted, they are like $150.00, unless you feel like fabricating something.Yea i tried the -
Empty old r12 from system
Add pag oil
Add r134a...
Didn't work for me, but then again I probably did something wrong haha. The cold master kit comes with everything you need to add ac I believe, it also comes with a sanden compressor, all for 500ish.
I also have my stock ac brackets, if those don't work I'm pretty sure I have a couple zip ties left in the tool box.
Myself I am at the age, I want to bolt something on, instead of re-inventing the wheel.
I'm at that age too... not having the "correct" tool also puts you in that age group faster as well.
I have all the tools to fabricate, plus a full machine shop at my work, plus my uncle has some nice machining equipment in his garage, so making something is not the problem, the issue is time, I don't have much of that, and too many projects.
Time is always the thing we need more of but never have a way to get. I'm sure with the tools and knowledge it wouldn't take to long to do though right? This is just me assuming though, and usually when I assume I'm wrong lol.
exactly what i did on the 74'. replaced everything north of the firewall and used the Bouchillon brackets. the other stuff i pieced together myself and had a mobile A/C guy come over to make the hoses and charge it. everything in the cabin stayed stock and it worked great
@kursplat haha I was wondering if someone would say something about that post. Having soft brakes sucks, and I fought with them for a while.
I totally understand now when people say don't just replace 1 part, replace the whole system and ensure it works properly. Sure you may be able to get away with replacing 1 part and it working for a while, but sooner or later (most likely sooner) the old parts that were not replaced are going to fail.
Kinda like repainting a car. You're not going to have your car properly repainted if you don't fix the dents and dings first. Or repainting a car without stripping the old paint and laying new primer down.
I totally understand now when people say don't just replace 1 part, replace the whole system and ensure it works properly. Sure you may be able to get away with replacing 1 part and it working for a while, but sooner or later (most likely sooner) the old parts that were not replaced are going to fail.
Kinda like repainting a car. You're not going to have your car properly repainted if you don't fix the dents and dings first. Or repainting a car without stripping the old paint and laying new primer down.
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