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AMC Apprentice Joined: Feb/26/2012 Location: Melbourne, FL Status: Offline Points: 109 |
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Posted: May/17/2013 at 6:06am |
Doing an an install in a non AC AMX. I bought a Vintage Air Gen II kit, and these are some of the pics of the install.
First off the vents, I couldn't find any stock vents at my price, so I used vents from an Acura RSX As some of you know the wood grain is a piece of aluminum that is glued to the plastic, and they have the outlet already marked on the plastic, so all I had to do is find the center, and mark them, and start drilling the holes, and oh yea measure 5 times, before drilling the holes |
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As the Acura vents have ears on them, this is where having the false panel on top really helps. Pry the 2 pieces away from each other, and mark where the ears are on the plastic pane, and drill holes for #10 hardware, and countersink the hole between the plastic back panel, and the aluminum plate. |
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Then picked up some #10 standoffs, or coupling nuts from ACE hardware, and either cutting them, or adding washers to space the vents so the front is even with the faceplate. I also trimmed the taller vent to the same size as the shorter vent.
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All that left to do is use some spray glue the front panel back to the plastic using small strips of wood to make sure I have pressure all over the front piece when I clamp them together. This is what I have now
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This is what the new Vintage Air unit looks behind the dash/glovebox hole, and of course while I have stuff torn out, I installed some DynaMat at the same time. I also installed a small piece of plastic where the heater box used to be attached under the dash for air.
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and a couple of pics of the blank plates installed where the old heater core was, and where I installed the condensor, and drier. Next week I will be having the new ac lines installed.
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Thanks for sharing! I have a `70 as well, which Compac II did you use ... I know they got 3 different sizes. Did you run into any surprises during install?
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I installed a Super Gen II kit. The one surprise was the manifold temp switch. The switch I got with the griffin radiator had a screw on top, which broke, and I ended up buying a switch with a spade lug, a vintage air part from summit. Making the block off plates took some time. I used quite a few #10 coupler nuts (approx 1" long) in order to space some items out from the firewall like the hot water valve which I mounted in inside, used them for the ac vents. I installed a terminal block behind the glove box for +12V, ign, and accessories, that way I could use the terminal block to get power to wherever I needed it, ie: ac unit, stereo, stereo amp, instead of cutting into the wiring harness. The 4 outlets for air went to the 2 vents in the dash, another went to a vent under the passenger side, and the last I took a hose and just had it placed over the steering column.
Mike
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Is that a Griffen radiator? If so, how did it fit on your car? Mine fit like crap. I had to make 1/2" spacers to get it back down to clear the hood.
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Thanks for posting this. I will be doing this in my Spirit this
winter. About how much did everything cost?? Thanks again!! |
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