Dreco Posted August 19, 2005 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2005 Looking to put a/c in my Z.. anyone have any pictures of a system installed on thier Z....or know where any are posted?? I'd like to see where the components are mounted in the engine compartment.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spdloader Posted August 19, 2005 Share #2 Posted August 19, 2005 Do you want pics of factory air, or of the add-on system?Spdloader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreco Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share #3 Posted August 19, 2005 Do you want pics of factory air, or of the add-on system?Spdloaderthe addon thanks.edit.... I'll take either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a752adz Posted August 19, 2005 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2005 Try this link: http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/airconditioning/index.htmlHope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spdloader Posted August 19, 2005 Share #5 Posted August 19, 2005 My '76 has factory air, I'll wrench the camera away from the stepdaughter and see if I can get you some pics this weekend.9/4/05 Edit: Sorry it took so long to get these posted, here are pics of my factory A/C unit, I hope you can still use them!Follow this link for the pics:http://www.msnusers.com/BrysonsHomepage/zcarpics.msnw?albumlist=2 Spdloader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreco Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share #6 Posted August 19, 2005 My '76 has factory air, I'll wrench the camera away from the stepdaughter and see if I can get you some pics this weekend.Spdloaderthat would be GREAT.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblake01 Posted August 20, 2005 Share #7 Posted August 20, 2005 That link basically shows the factory air system in the diagram taken from the FSM. However, the following pictures show the A.R.A. system which is the dealer add on system that so many Zs got back in that era. I have it in my car. It's a decent system. It uses a Sankyo SD 508 compressor which was also used in many imports in that era. Mazda RX7, some of the Mitsubishis, Toyotas, etc. The receiver/drier is pretty generic and can be found at most ac shops. I can get them for $14.95! As for the rest of the system you can still get that compressor, and condensor, but the evaporator is no longer made but an ac shop can have that rebuilt and they use a fairly generic expansion valve. I don't think that underhood pictures of my system would really show much. The compressor is on the lower left side of the engine with lots of things to obscure the view, the evaporator is under the dash in the center, the compressor is behind the grille, and the receiver/drier is right behind the left shock tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreco Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share #8 Posted August 20, 2005 I hope the kit comes with a compressor mounting bracket... my block doesn't have one on it.. hahaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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