Justwondering
Well-Known Member
The condenser arrived late yesterday evening.
So the plan is to get up early and get this installed so I can have a/c in the chrysler by the end of the week!
The quick version:
1. This will take about 3 hours including the time for set up and take down, the 2 siezed bolts you'll have to spray and wait to back off, and the frustration of realizing you have to figure this out yourself because the manual is next to useless for this job.
2. Unless you plan to jack up the front of the car, the condenser has to come out through the top. This means you have to unbolt the latching/horn assembly and brackets as well as the condenser to pull it up.
3. You'll need 1/2 inch, 7/16 inch and for some reason I needed a 5/16 inch socket. I think someone had already mucked with the front end of this jalopy before we got it.
4. After you put everything back together, ease the hood down on the latch/catch. Mine migrated and caused the hood to bind on one side. So if yours is off a bit, you could wack the crap out of the side of the hood or the top of the fender.
Let the day begin!
Condenser:
The plan is to have the job finished and be back upstairs before husband gets up. He had a pretty rough night trying to breath, so I'm probably going to get at least 2 hours before he's up and around.
Take a moment and admire the flower basket he planted and hung up for me.
And admire the coolish morning, birds chirping, and light thunderstorm over in the east before the sun gets up. The owls were talking this morning, but when I tried to get the video all you could hear were the frogs in the pond and the redbird chirping.
So the plan is to get up early and get this installed so I can have a/c in the chrysler by the end of the week!
The quick version:
1. This will take about 3 hours including the time for set up and take down, the 2 siezed bolts you'll have to spray and wait to back off, and the frustration of realizing you have to figure this out yourself because the manual is next to useless for this job.
2. Unless you plan to jack up the front of the car, the condenser has to come out through the top. This means you have to unbolt the latching/horn assembly and brackets as well as the condenser to pull it up.
3. You'll need 1/2 inch, 7/16 inch and for some reason I needed a 5/16 inch socket. I think someone had already mucked with the front end of this jalopy before we got it.
4. After you put everything back together, ease the hood down on the latch/catch. Mine migrated and caused the hood to bind on one side. So if yours is off a bit, you could wack the crap out of the side of the hood or the top of the fender.
Let the day begin!
Condenser:
The plan is to have the job finished and be back upstairs before husband gets up. He had a pretty rough night trying to breath, so I'm probably going to get at least 2 hours before he's up and around.
Take a moment and admire the flower basket he planted and hung up for me.
And admire the coolish morning, birds chirping, and light thunderstorm over in the east before the sun gets up. The owls were talking this morning, but when I tried to get the video all you could hear were the frogs in the pond and the redbird chirping.