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great looking build!
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Filter-Dryer Install
I tinkered around with the filter-dryer install this weekend. Doesn’t look like much, but I spent some of my time this weekend figuring out the best way to install it and running around for the right fittings. All that took more time than expected. But, it is ready for the engine/condenser plumbing. I picked up some -6 and -10 aluminum tube and will start figuring out the internal plumbing. I am thinking to do all that in hard aluminum tubing to save space. Here are the filter-dryer brackets, just simple angle brackets.
https://i.imgur.com/IBumhY6l.jpg Here are all the fittings and the first hose installed from the dryer. https://i.imgur.com/hvSlwkHl.jpg For the hoses I think I am going to use the EATON E-Z Clip system. You can buy the fittings and hose from Vintage air, or local A/C outlets. It may not be as clean as some hose systems but the beauty is that you can have control of your own hoses assemblies. Here is a photo crimping the little clips the system uses. https://i.imgur.com/hhLHPUOl.jpg I bought the uber expensive pliers for this on the right for around $50 and then found I already had a pair of KD Pliers, Part 3374. These are CV boot Oetiker clamp pliers and they work just as well. So, live and learn on that. Oetiker clamps pliers are all over the internet from as low as $15. https://i.imgur.com/m4GMITOl.jpg I also played with the shifter plate modification. There are dozens of people who will print your .STL files in plastic. This is a medium resolution PLA part. I am pretty happy with the fit. The inner boot is the stock GM, 1967 Camaro boot. I will add some sort of outer boot to fill the hole a little better. This was the first prototype and it only cost $30 to get it made in a couple of days. I will probably tinker with it some more and then machine it in aluminum when it is all worked out. I still need to put the numbers on the shift pattern. https://i.imgur.com/MiXnheBl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZavhzOTl.jpg Next week I will probably work on the inside evaporator hard lines and get the fuel line and a good tube bender on order. |
Starting evaporator hard lines
I put a few hours into working out the evaporator lines. I took the Vintage Air supplied lines, plus a couple of auto store fittings and some aluminum tubing and started mocking up the hard line routing.
https://i.imgur.com/XjNTO8ll.jpg https://i.imgur.com/AmCTNcjl.jpg The condenser lines were pretty easy. I decided to not try to make them complete, but tack them together and let an A/C house make them correctly. I need some really tight bends for the heater core lines and ran out of parts. I will work on that this week. I sacrificed a bunch of pieces to get this far. https://i.imgur.com/gvAM7iPl.jpg I think Vintage Air needs to develop a kit to support the vertical bulkhead. I realize many people do it differently, but almost all the vertical bulkheads end up close to the same spot. If the hard lines were complete, it would really make this job easier! I also pulled the tank out so I can get the fittings on order to start the fuel line work. https://i.imgur.com/DR2tif2l.jpg Lack of parts is really starting to slow me down. I got a few things on order and need to get a bunch more of the little bits on order this week. It is surprising how many hours of shopping/studying it takes to figure out all the right things to buy. As always it's the little things. |
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I thought about it. When I have the final part all worked out I will at least let everyone know how much it costs to machine it. I would probably just share the .STL file so people can make it with their local machine house, work with whoever makes mine, or just print it in plastic. Thanks for asking!
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Looking nice...great fab work! Keep the pics coming....
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It looks great Scott. is there any room to lower the VA dryer? I was thinking of mounting mine there but my hoses come out of the blower opening.
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Wayne I think there is some room. I really quickly threw the bracket and inner wheel well on there and convinced myself to just weld it and be done. I didn't have the dryer mounted yet so I didn't snap a photo with it all there. I will try to remember to take a photo with the bracket and inner wheel well mocked-up this weekend. I also haven't figured out how much access I have for changing the dryer in case the A/C compressor dies. I may add an access door at some point?
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Thank you.
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Inner fender clearance.
Wayne here are a few shots of the filter-dryer with the inner wheel tub held up with a couple bolts in the bracket. It looks like it could go lower. I am not much of an expert between 67-69, so I don’t know if your inner is shaped much differently?
https://i.imgur.com/r55nmGsl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Uz0Rn3Fl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/apmo22Rl.jpg I also dropped the first two mock-up A/C tubes at a real shop to be fabricated. I started on mocking up the heater core tubes, but ran out of fittings before I could get the second one done. I probably shouldn’t get too far down the road on this until I get the first two tubes back, to avoid some sort of interference! The last tube is probably going to be the hardest. https://i.imgur.com/o61vxHfl.jpg The scrap pile is still growing! https://i.imgur.com/kp0HpOrl.jpg |
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