AC removal

[p7387]

the AC is shot in my 87 2wd and it is a practical work truck so i was going to remove the system to make the engine compartment easier to navigate. there are two hoses disappearing into the radiator area and two disappearing into the "canister" at the firewall passenger side. do i just cut these hoses at their entry points or should i be removing other items? (evaporator, condenser etc)
i would like to do as clean a job as possible so i don't mind removing any parts that have convenient access.

thank you

[VileZambonie]

Fix the AC - you'll regret it

[1979C20]

Fix the AC - you'll regret it

X's a million

[snibook7537]

I agree fix it, it's a REALLY nice thing to have.

[mats1985gmc]

If you remove it you will need a new cover plate on your firewall that is part of your blower fan. the two larger hoses that run from your motor are your heater hoses, dont cut them. everything else can be removed but dont take the ac assembly off the fire wall with out having that plate or you'll have a big hole in the firewall, Hope that makes sense.

here is the website if you look at the pictures you will see what I am talking about

http://acdelete.com/

[p7387]

thanks for all the input.
what i decided to do was carefully remove (unbolt, not cut) all the visible components which were cluttering up the engine compartment.
putting everything in storage just in case. as far as behind the dash or parts i can't see i will leave them in place. the compressor was shot anyway.

removed the hose from.....
compressor to radiator area
compressor to firewall
firewall to radiator area
cut compressor belt

will any of this affect the normal heating/venting operation or Must anything behind the dash be removed of modified, heater core etc.
thanks

[bobcooter]

You will regret it. Especially if you ever want to to sell it, I dcon't care how nice a truck looks, I won't even consider it without AC.

[Blazin]

AC trucks don't have fresh air vents like the non AC ones do. I wouldn't remove it if it was my truck. Someone allready did this to my 86 K30 before i got it. I would like to smack them for doing so. I have been collecting the parts to fix it slowly.

[p7387]

i see general consensus is that everybody views ac as a valuable commodity.
after reading all the opinions i decided to "thoughtfully" remove it and save all the parts just in case i changed my mind or wanted to sell later. i picked up a new interior from a salvage truck and got the fresh air vents from that which i will be installing when i do the interior. i was going to get caps to close off the 2 inlets by the radiator passenger side and firewall passenger side. as stated i was going to leave the hardware intact (whatever parts are behind the radiator and firewall - i don't know ac systems) nothing leaked out when i disconnected the hoses so i assume everything in the system was long gone. should i be blowing anything out or most important is there anything i need to be concerned about concerning the heater core or normal heating operations behind the dash.

this a practical work truck anyway, and the compressor was also no good. i plan on slowly working on the truck and with the ac out of the way it makes the engine compartment less intimidating for a novice to work on.

[bobcooter]

You'll never get it back together right but it's your truck.

[bake74]

     I would leave it as you have it now, the items under the dash leave alone, your heater should still work as long as the heater lines in the engine bay are still hooked up.