View Poll Results: How many FB'S have working A/C?
It's frickin Antarctica in here!
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52.08%
Who knows.. never tried it...
5
5.21%
A/C? What does A/C mean?
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42.71%
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How many FBs have working A/C?
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08-20-03, 07:33 PM
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I installed three new O-rings and one of Autozone's 134a retrofit kits last month and it has been working great. Well worth the $30 investment. I sucks quite a bit of power but the AC more than makes up for it on those ninety degree days.
08-21-03, 07:32 AM
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Originally posted by jbcobra
I installed three new O-rings and one of Autozone's 134a retrofit kits last month and it has been working great. Well worth the $30 investment. I sucks quite a bit of power but the AC more than makes up for it on those ninety degree days.
I installed three new O-rings and one of Autozone's 134a retrofit kits last month and it has been working great. Well worth the $30 investment. I sucks quite a bit of power but the AC more than makes up for it on those ninety degree days.
. I really have to start proof reading these better before I hit the reply button...
08-21-03, 07:37 AM
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Mine didn't work when I got it, but the a/c systems are so simple on these cars that it took about ten minutes of diagnostic work, a new compressor clutch, a couple of 0-rings, and a re-charge to fix....
Dan
Dan
08-21-03, 01:17 PM
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when i got the car mine didnt have it.........what do you guys think about installing a custom a/c system using an electric compressor from like a winder air conditioner? since a windor a/c can cool an entire room and our cars are pretty small you would only need a little one. this way you dont have the belts and pulleys putting extra load on the engine and if your really skilled you can setup some solar panels to power it when its parked to keep the car nice and cool for when you get back in 
08-21-03, 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by The_7
when i got the car mine didnt have it.........what do you guys think about installing a custom a/c system using an electric compressor from like a winder air conditioner? since a windor a/c can cool an entire room and our cars are pretty small you would only need a little one. this way you dont have the belts and pulleys putting extra load on the engine and if your really skilled you can setup some solar panels to power it when its parked to keep the car nice and cool for when you get back in
when i got the car mine didnt have it.........what do you guys think about installing a custom a/c system using an electric compressor from like a winder air conditioner? since a windor a/c can cool an entire room and our cars are pretty small you would only need a little one. this way you dont have the belts and pulleys putting extra load on the engine and if your really skilled you can setup some solar panels to power it when its parked to keep the car nice and cool for when you get back in
And that's on a large unit.
08-21-03, 10:12 PM
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Mine worked for .000058 seconds after I bought the car. Either that, or I tried turning it on in Minnesota in January. I don't know.
I was about to try to chop it out with an axe, when I realized how easily the whole system comes out.
I was about to try to chop it out with an axe, when I realized how easily the whole system comes out.
08-22-03, 03:10 AM
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Got mine re-gassed just last week!
I will NEVER drive another car without Air conditioning! I Live in Australia for christs sake! not only that, but its the best window demister ever invented
I will NEVER drive another car without Air conditioning! I Live in Australia for christs sake! not only that, but its the best window demister ever invented
08-22-03, 12:46 PM
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Actually, I used to install air conditioners in homes back in the day, and as hard as it is to believe, car air conditions are actually very powerful. My boss explained it to me once when I was doing that, and if you ever tear down a window, or even a full size central air conditioner, you will see that compressor is actually very small. You see those huge air conditioners setting outside peoples homes? Most of what is inside is open space, nothing there, but the compressor, about the size of a gallon jug, sitting in the bottom of it. And that's on a large unit.
08-22-03, 01:36 PM
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Originally posted by The_7
it would be awesome to come out to your car thats been parked for hours on a 90 degree day get in and its all nice and cool
it would be awesome to come out to your car thats been parked for hours on a 90 degree day get in and its all nice and cool