My Ac is toast.... hasn't worked in ages

and not really interested in reviving it.

What I would really like to do is remove

the compressor... I removed everything else..

This will require some kind of revamping...

I don't want to get into re-engineering the

alternator bracket..... Anybody have any

suggestions.... ?????

thanks, Micky

l re engenered the bracket

but just a tiny bit

 

used apiece of gas pipe as a spacer

and a (long)bolt nut washer to hold ti in place

 

is working fine

and l ran with out said contraption for a while with no ill effects

 

cheers

goat

My Ac is toast.... hasn't worked in ages

and not really interested in reviving it.

What I would really like to do is remove

the compressor... I removed everything else..

This will require some kind of revamping...

I don't want to get into re-engineering the

alternator bracket..... Anybody have any

suggestions.... ?????

thanks, Micky

 

If you search on recent posts in older generation here, there are pictures and more using factory parts to do it. If you don't have the said parts, a board member may be able to help you out with that.

 

Doug

You can leave the compressor in if you don't want to mess with rigging a new alternator mount. Just unplug the two wires coming off it so it doesn't come on.

 

I went the extra mile and took out the a/c lines and condenser. I left the evaporator, but you can take that out, too, if you want to mess with the dash. I used a hacksaw to cut the lines about two inches from the compressor, crimped the cut ends 'closed' in a vise, slathered the sharp bits with silicone to 'seal' them, and poured a few tablespoons of oil in the compressor (via one of the line in/out holes) to keep it from seizing up. Over two years now and running strong! The hour of labor and trash dump run beat the heck out of trying to modify a bracket for me.

Yeah, I unplugged it and ripped the accessorieds

out last summer... I was due to get that big

hunk of terd of the motor.... That thing has to

weigh 20 pounds. Anway... I picked up a 3/8"

inch black gas nipple...(I forget what size I got)

but the idea goat brought up I took to the next

step... Just in that I bought a nipple smaller than

what I needed in size. To this nipple I added a 3/8

black coupling... The coupling made it longer than

the desired size... Then I tightened the coupling on

to the nipple, this was done till it was the right size.

There is no cutting involved. AC unit is gone now.....

The only thing with this method is that there are

only three points of support. It causes the swivel

of the alternator to be bolted in while the other

two point are a little loose... It is important to

make sure the belt is straight. then the two

points can be tightened. then the swivel can

be tightened.....

I would like to think that this is a temporary

rig. till I can get the actual bracket from

an older gen car.

A welder and a little metal fab experience

could mod this very easily and use the nipple

concept. Just bolt it ... and then weld it.....

I any event.. this is better than having that

useless dead unit there.

So car is running and

using the nipple concept

so the ac is not there anymore.

Works ok... belt is straight......

and I was able to use the same

belt(though almost at the end of

its adjustment). I would say

a new belt 1/2 in or 1" smaller

would be good....:cool: