Almost a month since I last reported this progress. Between waiting for parts, work, honeydoos, and vacation, it has take this long to accomplish this little bit.
The trunk was my last accomplishment. Upholstering it while waiting for the AC parts to come in. Since then I've got all the hoses custom built and installed.
It pays to know people. I cant imagine how much it would've cost to have these hoses built had I been a newb, but, since I've lived in this city for over 20 years I managed to do alright. The AC system required 7 hoses: 3 -10's (1 long -10; 1 med; 1 short.) 3 -6's ( 1 long -6; 2 med). and 1 short -8.
NAPA wanted to charge me $100.00 a hose.
A local rod shop wanted 100.00 for all of them.
Because I knew a dude, I got them for 1 dollar an end (or 14.00)
Originally, I was gonna run the hoses under the car, but after jacking it up and looking underneath, space was a premium. I decided to run the hoses in the passenger compartment,..under the carpet.
-6 down the driver's side
Out the driver's side bulkhead,..
Over the top of the fender,..
into the drier. Out of the drier,...
into the condensor.
The -10 ran down the passenger side, and out the bulkhead,..
And just like the driver's side, ran over the fender,..
To another bulkhead fitting w. a low side charge port built in. (means I gotta get under the fender to charge the A/C, but how often do I have to do that)?
The bigger dilemma was how to get the 4" discharge hose adapted that came out of the evaporator, to the (2) 2.5 hoses that went to the vents installed in the quarter panel trim. The kit came w/ these stupid vents that were supposed to mount on top of the package tray that looked like ass,...so I adapted them to combine the 2 into 1 that I needed to make the rest of the system work.
All of the hose were intended to "friction fit",..but I wanted it to be permanent. I used some big-assed aluminum bailing wire as a tourniquet of sorts to keep it locked where I wanted it.
The trunk "partition" that sealed the trunk fully collided w/ the evaporator after it was permanently mounted. I had to build this angle to allow the extra clearance needed for the evaporator to get by.. While I was at it,...I prewired the amp to the board.
There is clearly something going on in this picture besides the month's worth of pollen, and sawdust that has accrued over the last 45 days that the car has set. But that is the point of the pic.