it is much easier to sort out with the engine out of the car, I would get the bracket and compressor sorted out, you can do lines and electronics later

 

^Yeah, I'm keeping that in mind. I may finish my rebuild and then toy around with accessories before the engine goes back in.

You had all matching brackets and compressors before you went with the FD compressor. One thing that just dawned on me, perhaps the FD compressor would match up with one of the two brackets available to the FC...the one you didn't have? If I get serious enough about this I may simply buy an FD compressor and see if it matches one of the brackets.

 

no, I got the cosmo pulleys from a cosmo I sold someone.
I got the FD compressor from someone on this board, maybe Fritz?

Originally when I got the ps delete bracket my intention was just to have AC in the car with the cosmo pulleys, then the ribbed pulley fd compressor idea grew from that.

 

^Earlier in the thread you referenced having 3 diff compressors that mated up with your a/c only bracket. I'm wondering if the FD compressor would mate up to the bracket you didn't have. I've got one of each p/s and a/c and I've got a nippon a/c only.

 

that was not a option for me, I did not want the PS portion of the bracket in the engine bay at all

I have not looked at a PS/AC bracket in a while to see if it can be chopped down into a AC only bracket, I think the tensioner is what screws it up