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Old Mar 19, 2015 | 06:27 PM
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Replacing a york style compressor.

What is the common method of replacing the original compressor with a newer sanden type? Engine is a 351m, so I don't know if there ever were any factory brackets I could snag at a junkyard. The lines and everything else are in good shape.
Would something like this work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/York-to-Sanden-A-C-Bracket-Conversion-Kit-for-Ford-with-V-Belt-Compressor-/261792348099?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1978%7CMake%3AFord&hash=item3cf40a37c3&vxp=mtr
It just seems a little too cheap.....
 
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Old Mar 19, 2015 | 06:49 PM
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All it is, is a new compressor and adapter bracket. Basically the same thing I got from Nostalgic Air when I did my conversion.Nostalgic AC - Aftermarket Air Conditioning For Automobiles The adapter bracket bolts to the original York mount. I used all the factory brackets and idler/adjustment pulleys.
I had custom hoses made but adapters are available to reuse your old hoses.
Mine was a '73 F100 w/ a 390.
 
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Here is mine showing the adapters for original hoses.

That's on my 75 supercab. I wish I would have done the swap with my 77 instead of getting a rebuilt York compressor.

 
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Bucks77ford How do you like the sanden compresser?
 
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Bucks77ford How do you like the sanden compresser?
I like it. It doesn't have the pull down on the motor like the York and easier to work with as it doesn't weigh that much and is smaller.
 
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Thanks for the input, that's kinda what I figured anyway.
It's gonna start getting warm here in central TX pretty soon so I think I'm gonna get on this. Buck, do you recall where you got those adapters?
 
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It's how I'm going to go ...... I hate the rumble of that York ....

http://nostalgicac.com/fittings-hose...-adapters.html has the adapters too.
 
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