Redwood Chair
- Stock PSI Or Bust -
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2007
- Location
- Ocean Beach S.F.
If you are taking votes, I'd go without the wood panel
It's fugly, way fugly.
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If you are taking votes, I'd go without the wood panel
Good. I agree. The panel's just not working for me visually.
AC is pretty easy to install. Just need to find a donor car that has all the pieces you need. There's a piece of plastic that you need to cut out of the side of the heater box, so you can slide the evaporator into place. Then, remove the two rubber plugs on the firewall panel and run the AC lines between the passenger compartment and the engine compartment. Remove the non-AC PS bracket pieces, install the AC bracketry to the pump, then install the plate for the AC compressor on the side of the block. Mount the compressor, replace the solid PS pulley section of the crank pulley with the one that uses the shims, then install the AC belt after mounting the PS pump to the top of the compressor and installing its belt. Usually three shims is enough tension for the AC belt. Install the condenser and a new receiver/drier in their respective places, connect the hoses with new seals, then connect the wiring and your AC switch in the dash. Only other change that needs to be done is to add the small pierburg valve that mounts to the firewall, and add the vacuum diaphragm to the lower aux. air valve hose, so the idle boosts when the AC is turned on. Once that's done, go get the system charged.
It'll take you about 3-4 hours from start to finish to install parts from another 240 in your car. Probably a lot cheaper than buying a 996 or a C30.
-J