I am restoring a 1975 ford f-250 360ci highboy that had factory ac. When i bought the truck the compressor was missing, all the other components are still there the heater core was bi-passed and blower motor not hooked up. I am getting a new compressor, heater core ect. to get the A/C going again. my guess is it looks like when they rebuilt the engine they didnt bother to hook up the ac correctly or the rebuilt engine didnt have the correct bracket . I cant find the bracket that the ac compressor would mount to. Can i get one aftermarket or does it mount to something already in the engine compartment and i just cant see it?? any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys

 

There are actually three brackets needed for the factory setup, the actual mount for the compressor, the bracket that holds the idler pulley and a support that goes from the compressor to the drivers side exhaust manifold.
There are also two idler pulleys from the factory. One, the upper one, pivots and is used to adjust belt tension. The lower pulley is there to keep the belt from vibrating due to the long span between pulleys.
Here is an illustration from the Ford parts catalog showing the parts.
Click on the .pdf link below the pictures to view.
The two pulleys are basic p/n 8678
The bracket for the adj. pulley is 2888
The compressor mount is 2882
The support bracket is 2889
If you haven't ordered the compressor yet, consider converting to a Sanden style compressor. It's lighter, quieter, cheaper, and more efficient than the old York. You'll need to get the conversion bracket and still need the brackets and pulleys minus the support bracket and hoses will need to be custom made.
Here is a picture of my Sanden conversion.

 

Hi, what model Sanden is that? the Universal 508?

i want to put one in my 74 F-250 390 I'm building up from a re-man shortblock- going to use the CVF aluminium braket and underdrive pulley kits


Merry Christmas

 

Hitting up the wrecking yards out here in socal if i see one I'll snag it if you're interested. Mike I'm interested also, looks pretty straightforward is there anything I'm not seeing that would complicate the conversion?

 

Not really, it's fairly straight forward. All of the stock brackets and pulleys are used along with the addition of the compressor adapter bracket that bolts to the stock A/C mounting bracket.
Besides the custom A/C hoses the only thing I did was to fabricate a bracket that would tie the pulley support bracket to the compressor. How this bracket is built depends on whether your original York was horizontal or vertical mount, mine was vertical.
I used a 709 compressor and I bought the compressor and adapter bracket from Nostalgic Air in Tampa, FL. http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/

 

CAVEAT EMPTOR ~ Let the buyer beware!

1973/79 F100/350 & 1978/79 Bronco: There are THREE different types of A/C. The engine mount/drive parts, compressor and other parts are different with the 2 types of dealer A/C.

Factory installed integral A/C is combined with the heater. The A/C controls are located in the same panel as the heater controls.

1) Deluxe Dealer A/C is combined with the heater. The two A/C switches are located in the HUGE bezel that sweeps across the entire right side of the dash, covering up the glovebox.

There is a separate hang-on glovebox bolted to the bottom of the dash.

2) Economy dealer A/C is not combined with the heater, The two switches are located in a panel that also contains two registers. This panel fits into the dash to the left of the extant glovebox.

 

Mike,

for my education, why did you go with a 709, bigger?

 

I talked to Nostalgic Air and that's the one they recomended. The two compressors were the same price so I went bigger.

 

Hi, I am trying to add A/C to a truck I am building for my son. I am having a hard time locating a bracket to mount on the motor. Any help would be great! Thank you!

 

Welcome to FTE. Lots of good knowledgeable people here.
For your bracket try Old Air Products. They have a bracket kit for the 300 six, to use it you'll need to convert to the Sanden style compressor but, in my opinion, that's a very worthwhile modification and it's not too difficult or expensive. Old Air Products - Home of the HURRICANE Heat, Cool, & Defrost A/C System - Ford Compressor Bracket

 

Sounds like there might be a good story there. Why not start a build thread or just tell us more about the back story on the truck and the build?

 

The Ford 300 I6 A/C bracketry is going to be harder to find .. You'll probably have more luck finding a fuel injected 300 I6 with serpentine belts and A/C .. You'll just have to do the whole serpentine belt conversion .. or like Mike said try Old Air products ..

 

Ok, Great! Thank you both! Mike, I will start a build thread and take pictures, I am sure I will need more help a long the way! This will be his first vehicle and it is hotter today then in the 70's. A/C would be nice!