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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) => Topic started by: luketaylor0 on March 27, 2016, 12:04:12 pm

Title: Putting factory A/C components in a Non A/C truck
Post by: luketaylor0 on March 27, 2016, 12:04:12 pm

So I picked up a complete air conditioning setup minus the switch for my 82 K10 for pretty cheap out of an 84 c10, my truck never had A/C. Has anyone done this conversion yet?

Title: Re: Putting factory A/C components in a Non A/C truck
Post by: Jason S on March 27, 2016, 12:47:11 pm

There are several people on here that have done this conversion.  I did one on a '70's truck, the later would be very similar.  The biggest part of the swap is cutting a hole for the A/C plenum and patching the hole where the heater plenum was.

You might want to take a look at this link - It will show the relation of the firewall holes for a heater and factory a/c... 
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=21690.msg179454#msg179454 (http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=21690.msg179454#msg179454)

Title: Re: Putting factory A/C components in a Non A/C truck
Post by: luketaylor0 on March 27, 2016, 11:19:44 pm

Wicked, thanks! Goina try it out!