Universal evaporators from ebay
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Universal evaporators from ebay
Folks, I am trying to put back together my AC in my 72 F100. When I bought the truck some years back it came with a York copmpressor and a condenser that was off the truck. I have looked at complete systems from Classic AC and other companies. They sell complete systems for ~ $1300 which is more than I want to spend. I see universal evaporator kits that come with lines, evap drier and fittings for arouind $350. I am thinking of flushing the condenser and compressor and reusing them with these kits with R134a. The kits suggest evaps can do ~13000BTU which is impressive. Anyone used these before? Any suggestions is appreciated.
Thanks for any feedback.
Thanks for any feedback.
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The universal condensers are same as what comes in expensive kits. get biggest that will fit.
Do not flush compressor. dump oil out and replace with ester type of appropriate amount.
Flush of evap is unnecessary, but can't hurt.
replace lines with barrier hose. You can buy end fitting and make your own hoses to fit properly. have local shop do crimps.
Do not flush compressor. dump oil out and replace with ester type of appropriate amount.
Flush of evap is unnecessary, but can't hurt.
replace lines with barrier hose. You can buy end fitting and make your own hoses to fit properly. have local shop do crimps.
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Folks, I am trying to put back together my AC in my 72 F100. When I bought the truck some years back it came with a York copmpressor and a condenser that was off the truck. I have looked at complete systems from Classic AC and other companies. They sell complete systems for ~ $1300 which is more than I want to spend. I see universal evaporator kits that come with lines, evap drier and fittings for arouind $350. I am thinking of flushing the condenser and compressor and reusing them with these kits with R134a. The kits suggest evaps can do ~13000BTU which is impressive. Anyone used these before? Any suggestions is appreciated.
Thanks for any feedback.
Thanks for any feedback.
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I probably will dump the condenser like you guys suggest. For the compressor, I read on this forum some place that York compressors are better than the Sanden units. There was an explanation why as well but cannot remember. I will keep the compressor, it appears to be refurbished and not used after that. Thanks for all the feedback. I will post my findings as I go along.
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The only good thing about the Yorks is they can be used for on board air. Otherwise they don't tolerate the higher R13ra pressures that well and tend to vibrate a lot at high head pressures.
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I would have to change the brackets and such for the sanden compressor too right? I am trying to keep the budget under control also. Thanks for your feedback.
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yes, new brackets are needed. There are adapters that work, not well, but work. Or you can make your own brackets. You can likely find a sanden style compressor in the junk yard.
I got my old 72 factory A/C working well with minimal $. Half the battle is the HVAC box, blend doors don't seal at all, among other things. details are in my build thread.
Good Luck
I got my old 72 factory A/C working well with minimal $. Half the battle is the HVAC box, blend doors don't seal at all, among other things. details are in my build thread.
Good Luck
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If you do use the York, it is unknown if the rebuilder added oil in it. And for which freon. R12 and R134a are not compatible with the same oil. Unscrew the plug on the side of the York. If there is oil in it drain it. And replace it with the same amount of known to be correct oil.
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Make sure to run the proper style condenser for the freon you will be using. I would assume you will run a parallel flow style with r134a as r12 is very expensive to get.
https://restomodair.com/condenser-support/
https://restomodair.com/condenser-support/
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Thanks guys for all suggestions. I will use R134 since R12 is hard to find and expensive. I will check the oil in the York compressor. I am not sure if the condenser I have is parallel flow or not. I will take it over to a local AC shop they may be able to tell me.
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