<VV> A/C Adventures Continue

[Bill H.]

                                                                       B"H

Guys, actually I am able to run the hose under the engine lid.  There's enough give from the rubber seal and the charging hose is skinny enough that the lid latches with the hose under it, and there doesn't appear to be any problems with either the hose getting kinked or the seal getting dented.

Since it's a 66, it has the smaller condenser in front of the firewall.  I plan to add the condenser fans, along with a relay to take the load off the main wiring to the compressor.

I don't have the idle solenoid, but the lever that is clamped on to the throttle shaft which is actuated by the idle-up solenoid is still there, and I have another 12v solenoid that I should be able to adapt to the lever.

Best regards...Bill



--- On Tue, 5/22/12, Lonzovair <lonzovair at aol.com> wrote:

From: Lonzovair <lonzovair at aol.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> A/C Adventures Continue
To: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>, "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 7:07 AM

Timothy,
The real reason they show the hoses routed though the tail light is because there is a mercury ground switch hooked to the compressor so it cannot run with the deck lid up (which keeps the cooling air going through the condensor)... Other than that, your post is good.
;-)
Later,
Lonzo