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Quote from: nmeyer414 on January 27, 2015, 09:22:07 AMNice fabricationBTW, new welding table? is that 3/8" or 1/2" plywood? I'm looking to upgrade my personal welding table at home as well ;)
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Quote from: EL TATE on January 27, 2015, 10:54:47 AMQuote from: nmeyer414 on January 27, 2015, 09:22:07 AMNice fabricationBTW, new welding table? is that 3/8" or 1/2" plywood? I'm looking to upgrade my personal welding table at home as well ;)That's funny!Yup new 3/4" MDF welding table...!!!And it is sitting on top of my two Harbor Freight (Real) welding tables!!!
Hey Don-Did you go hybrid on CMax? What's that yellow cord for? You can't be needing that block heater!? Don't pull mine out till near zero up here in snowland ! :D
Weld I will!OK good news and bad newsGood news is the core support is finished and painted as of this momentBad news is there is no way possible to mount the AC Condensor on the core supportThe 1st gen truck was all compacted and had a short "Nose"Within the confines of that snout was a radiator, which was not as big as this monster 2nd gen thing I have used. It had a smallish condenser wedged in between the radiator and a smallish intercooler that again, was about 1/3 as large as the thing I am using.So it's just physics and real estate. No condenser in the core, which means I am going to have to get rather inventive and maybe stick it in one of the fender wells, or perhaps onto the bottom of the hood, or even on top of the topper...dunno yetSo, here is the final fitting of the IC which fits rather well I think
Quote from: Flyin6 on January 27, 2015, 06:07:22 PMWhat about modifying the o.e. grill or making one yourself? Not too many other suitable places to mount a condenser and still have it get the needed airflow, theres also the size of it (which, if your going to convert the a/c to 135a refrigerant is marginally sized to begin with...btdt...oh and if your doing a 134a retrofit you might want to look into a parallel flow condesner, they are more efficient and are avail in the aftermarket...rock auto has them, just look in the part description, also a couple good r12-134a conversion threads on dtr and cuminsforum).
Has anyone used Envirosafe R12/132 replacement? I just got some for retrofit and topping off my R12 systems. Plus you use less and is easy to get.Just an idea Don,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
You can put that condenser anywhere you like,(the aftermarket parallel flow style) as long as you put an electric fan on it.last year I had the same issue on a 50 Chebee p/u...ended up putting the condenser/fan assembly under the passenger side floorboard, fan blowing down. Note: this will only work if you lay it flat, not standing on either end. A good side benefit from this is ending up with more freon capacity from the longer hoses...in this case 134a. (Freon is slang for refrigerant). I also agree on converting it (to 134a)...just get it over with.