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Offline CA Big Red

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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2016, 10:54:30 AM »
I could not get the seatbelt bolts out
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Re-installing AC
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2016, 11:01:35 AM »
Quote from: CA Big Red on February 07, 2016, 10:54:30 AM
I could not get the seatbelt bolts out
theyre glued in

Gotta use a impact gun usually

Sometimes you gotta use a ratchet with a cheater pipe on it to break em loose




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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2016, 11:03:34 AM »
What do you do when you strip out the star bolt
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2016, 11:11:22 AM »
I did the cheater pipe, broke the driver side loose...stripped it out...  Can't get passenger side to budge.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2016, 06:50:53 PM »
Can you get a pipe wrench on it?


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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2016, 10:01:03 PM »
Good news: Vice grips for the driver side did the trick. Bad news: Stripped out passenger and can't get the vice grips to work. Can't get pipe wrench on this either.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2016, 10:19:30 PM »
I did replace the door panels.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2016, 10:21:08 PM »
Replaced the seat cover with the upholstery kit 
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2016, 10:21:54 PM »
Finished in the truck. I wish I would have done this sooner.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2016, 10:22:46 PM »
Now I'm putting a new floor mat down on Sunday.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #25 on: March 29, 2016, 10:23:20 PM »
This all started with an AC replacement project.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #26 on: March 30, 2016, 02:04:40 PM »
Quote from: CA Big Red on February 07, 2016, 11:03:34 AM
What do you do when you strip out the star bolt

You weld a nut to the bolt and remove it while it's hot
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #27 on: March 30, 2016, 02:12:11 PM »
Thanks Vile. I'll have to get help on that.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2016, 05:06:32 PM »
Quote from: CA Big Red on October 25, 2015, 10:02:11 PM
So, I bit the bullet. Purchased a VintageAir system. This after I collected everything I needed for the stock system install.  I decided to go Vintage for the guarantee, the technology and a buddy of mine who just put one in and swore by it.

So, I hate to disappoint, but I am going the other direction and will post pics along the way a, but will start a new thread for that.

The project summits underway, but I've been waylaid by the amount of rust I found in the floors.

No disappointment.  That system will get rid of the big ugly lump on the firewall and is engineered from the ground up for R134a right from the get go.  No headaches.  If you can afford it it's the way to go.

BTW the interior looks real clean.  Nice work.
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Re: Re-installing AC
« Reply #29 on: March 30, 2016, 06:21:12 PM »
They really should have designed V-A to work with the factory controls though.
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