Does anyone have experience with updating the entire air conditioner system in their Maverick? Does the complete after-market unit for a Mustang/Cougar work? thanks Phil
Phill I could not get any good answers about after market a/c units . What i did is to use a mix of old and new . Everthing under the dash is factor a/c 71 vintage and under the hood is new, rotory compressor ,4 pass condenser and new hoses and 134a feron and fan on condenser . However not happy with the temp. out of the ducts with the 134a i will be changeing back to R12 freon . hope this helps JAY
i did the same as Mavdog. the 134 wasn't as cold as i liked it to be so i ..insulated...insulated...insulated. i can now run it on ...low...and be cool. ...:Handshake...
do you have a v8? im sure 5.0 stuff from the late 80's early 90's is a step up from the vntage 70's stuff. probably not that much harder to hook up either since it is the same engine
Id like to see if a foxbody mustang unit will fit under the dash. Anyone done this yet? I have a complete system, just havent had a chance to try.
I have a completely different A/C-heater system in my Maverick. The under dash box is from a 1980-81 Thunderbird, and so is the entire dash. Under the hood I am using an A-6 compressor from a '75 Monarch. I also modified the system so it uses an electronic head unit from a 2000 Crown vic, so the car now has fully automatic climate control... That said, you probably don't want to go as radical as that. I don't know too much about the complete aftermarket units, but i believe it would be far easier to use a factory A/C-heater box under the dash and then add a modern compressor and condenser under the hood. Using a factory A/C box makes things somewhat easier because you won't need to modify the existing dash...
Cum on, a ballpark would be nice...such as "more than $500" or somewhere around $1500"... There are some of us down "south" who just aren't driving their cars because it is a "balmy" 96 outside...
this sounds like a ...TL question...did he e-mail you and ask you to ask me what i paid for my A/C ? ......
No, he didn't, but I AM getting e-mails from him...civil ones, at that! I took mine off because it was in the way! I plan on putting one back on, but not ON TOP OF the engine. I want to mount my compressor where the alternator is, or below it, and run a complete aftermarket system. I couldn't stand moving all that crap out of the way when I was working under the hood. By the way, I have only swapped ONE cam...
