<VV> A/C Adventures Continue

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Bill, something is wrong with your car. You should NOT be able to run hoses
across the weatherstrip and close the lid. If your lid is that loose
fitting, you are loosing a lot of air that should be flowing through the
condenser.

The fit of the engine lid should be done with a dollar bill, as stated in
an earlier post. Adjust the latch, bend the lid, pull up weatherstrip, so
that for the full 360 degree opening of the lid a dollar bill has drag when
pulling it out of the opening.

There are also weatherstrips from the condenser to the firewall. Also note,
the Clark's weatherstrips they sell for the condenser were 2" short the
last time I ordered them. Luckily the old ones were just fine to reuse. I
DID need to remove the condenser to clean the intake side of the fins of
leaves, etc. I highly suggest you do the same.

I've never needed any extra fans so far, just running the stock system. Of
course my engine lid seals and the condenser has been cleaned of debris!

If you don't bother to seal the engine compartment, then yes, you will need
the band-aid of extra fans....

Frank DuVal

66 AC sedan w/R12

Original Message:
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From: Bill H. gojoe283 at yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
To: shortle556 at earthlink.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org, lonzovair at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> A/C Adventures Continue


                                                                       B"H

Guys, actually I am able to run the hose under the engine lid.  There's
enough give from the rubber seal and the charging hose is skinny enough
that the lid latches with the hose under it, and there doesn't appear to be
any problems with either the hose getting kinked or the seal getting dented.

Since it's a 66, it has the smaller condenser in front of the firewall.  I
plan to add the condenser fans, along with a relay to take the load off the
main wiring to the compressor.
Best regards...Bill


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