have somebody have taken the AC condenser out? the one under the dash? how hard is it to remove? im asking because i dont use the AC, i remove alot of it and whats left is the condenser. thanks

 

I also removed my AC system, and the condensor inside the car is fairly simple.

Although the plastic enclosure that house the condensor will have to be gutted and re-installed or get the plastic duct from a non-ac car. Some have even fabricated their own ducting piece.

 

The A/C Condenser is under the Hood. the Heater Core is in the car.

Your answer is probably here

 

They're talking about the cooling coils in the big black plastic box under the passenger side of the dash.
I took mine out of the box, sealed up the extra holes, and reinstalled it until I found the duct piece from a non-A/C '79 a couple of months later. Much better, cleaner appearance.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=128750

edit: My car is an '80, there may be differences in the FB models.

 

the part you want to remove is called the evaporator, as directfreak said the condensor is the radiator looking thing under the hood.
I bet that looks alot cleaner wankelguy, I'll have to search for one, i was just going to use the empty stock box, but that looks better.

 

does somebody know how much that weights?

 

lol, the non A/C duct is probably a pound or two lighter at the most. It does provide more passenger legroom, though. Getting in the position necessary to work on that stuff under the dash can sure mess with your neck, so be sure and do some stretching excercises beforehand.

 

it makes it a helluvalot easier if you take a hack saw blade and cut off the threaded fittings that poke thru the firewall first. Then you yank out the black hose that comes from the bottom of the box, loosen both 1-inch clamps that hold the input/output connections on, and remove the 2 10mm nuts and washers. This is the hard part tho, as the top 10mm nut and washer is not visable, but can be touched if you have small hands. Its directly on top of the black box. I used a ratchet with an extension to break it loose, then it was finger loose. Then just yank out the whole thing. I replaced it with a piece from a non AC car that weighs nothing.

 

cool thanks guys. im gonna try to find one, does anybody knows if the 84-85 FB came without AC's or all model came with AC?

 

nah thanks alex, but im not removing the heater core. i need that here or ill freeze my butt.

 

Hey anybody still looking for the plastic duct for non-ac cars, I got one from a '84 today.

PM me if intrested.


John

 

pm'ed you

 

yeah from what i understand, they're fairly rare those ducts

 

hey heres a question, what do the HVAC controls look like on a non A/C car? on S2 cars the A/C button is incorporated into the fan speed switch, I assume that whole unit is different. Anyone got pics? I'm just curious.

 

The ones I have seen:

On the 1984-85 its the same control head as a S and GS models, AC button is there and everything.

On the 1981-83 they have a black button instead of the AC button blue lit one.

John