Building an A/C system from near scratch

[KBScobravert]

You don't have a good pic of that accumulator dryer do you?

[dville_gt]

fbody-


escalade-


express van-


(i used a modified escalade now that i look at it, i cut the mount on top and reoriented it so it put the canister the way i wanted it)

[dville_gt]

all of the accumulators can be found CHEAP on rockauto or amazon btw (find the different part numbers on rock auto and then search them on amazon), i think i gave like $20 for the escalade one

[KBScobravert]

Damn. Your googlefoo is strong. Thanks.

I heard that the accumulator needed to be standing up. Did I get bad info?

I am gonna see if I can get over to Mansfield tomorrow early before work and see what he has.

[KBScobravert]

all of the accumulators can be found CHEAP on rockauto or amazon btw (find the different part numbers on rock auto and then search them on amazon), i think i gave like $20 for the escalade one

That Escalade would be perfect for me. I can come into the top where the factory fuel lines cut through the fenderwell. Then shoot down the outside of the frame and over to the condensor.

[dville_gt]

I heard that the accumulator needed to be standing up. Did I get bad info?

i heard the same thing, mine is still blowing cold after a year though.

[dville_gt]

Damn. Your googlefoo is strong. Thanks.

I heard that the accumulator needed to be standing up. Did I get bad info?

I am gonna see if I can get over to Mansfield tomorrow early before work and see what he has.

text him, he is usually pretty good about getting back to you fast. i think he is a student at uta and does this on the side, his "shop" is a mess, but he has everything you can think of for f-body.

[dville_gt]

these are old pics (forgive me for the drier duct), but give you an idea on how the condenser outlets work out:

[KBScobravert]

these are old pics (forgive me for the drier duct), but give you an idea on how the condenser outlets work out:

Top line is TO the compressor and bottom line is FROM accumulator?

Those look like they will work just fine for my needs perfectly. I may have this done by the weekend if I can pick this stuff up from him in the next day or two and figure out the lines.

[KBScobravert]

i heard the same thing, mine is still blowing cold after a year though.

Funny how that works out. I still want to get mine in the fenderwell, there is not much room there with the DP and the fuel lines.

[dville_gt]

Top line is TO the compressor and bottom line is FROM accumulator?

Those look like they will work just fine for my needs perfectly. I may have this done by the weekend if I can pick this stuff up from him in the next day or two and figure out the lines.

backwards ghost rider

top line goes from the evap to the condenser, bottom line goes from condenser to the compressor, other line from compressor goes to accumulator, accumulator goes to evap

[dville_gt]

even though the lines in this picture are not modified yet (and the accumulator is not the one i used), it shows the basic routing

[KBScobravert]

backwards ghost rider

top line goes from the evap to the condenser, bottom line goes from condenser to the compressor, other line from compressor goes to accumulator, accumulator goes to evap

....and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. Bazinga

[dville_gt]

it's also hard to see, but the orifice tube is in the top line as well, right where it meets the connection to the evap. if you look real hard you'll see that the line flares up a little right there and this guy slides in there

[dville_gt]

(bottom connection on the evap (but "top line" as we have been referring to it, goes to top of condenser), thats where the orifice tube is.