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Title: Adding AC
Post by: slammed79 on July 13, 2012, 09:54:58 am
My 74 is an AC cab, but it wasn't hooked up when I got it. The compressor and brackets were gone too.

So I am buying a set of brackets for an R4 type compressor, I'll be getting the compressor in a couple weeks, but I have some questions.

1st. Will the hoses from an A6 compressor work? I have a pretty much brand new set from my old 76 shorty.

2nd, is there a difference in the accumulators between the two?

Is there anything I should know going in?

I'm new to ac work, I have never really used it, but it was 117 in Phoenix on Tuesday, and I really want ac now.
Title: Re: Adding AC
Post by: Captkaos on July 13, 2012, 10:56:45 am
The fittings on the R4 vs A6 are different.  The rest of the system is the same short of the hoses going to the pump and the connector.
Title: Re: Adding AC
Post by: Custom Deluxe on July 13, 2012, 03:01:05 pm
but it was 117 in Phoenix on Tuesday, and I really want ac now.

Oh I hear ya !

I took my C-10 to Dicks spedo in Tempe on Tuesday to have a seal replaced, I was talking to the owner
about the K-5 Blazer he's building for his son and the topic lead to A/C

My C-10 had sat for seven years and when it was new it had aftermarket A/C installed @ Midway Chev
he suggested I take it across the yard to a buddy that did the A/C work on his Blazer.

½ hour later I had A/C, no leaks and a constant 49°  8)
Title: Re: Adding AC
Post by: slammed79 on July 14, 2012, 03:42:17 pm
Dick's is on McClintock and McKellips, right?  I'll prolly take the truck over there to get the system charged up. Thats only a few miles from me.
Title: Re: Adding AC
Post by: Custom Deluxe on July 14, 2012, 04:47:51 pm
The place is called ' Ultimate Imports '

you'd never guess as he has a few classic Mustang's and an Old IH Binder  8)

1900 N. McClintock Dr. #15
Tempe, AZ. 85281
(480) 425-0870

Ask for Dave, and tell him the guy with the '82 Beige Chevy C-10 shorty that was in on the 10th
passed the info on  ;)

Let me know how it goes  :)