[DeTomaso] Air Con Down under

[Richard Barkley]

Ken,
It appears that the heater and A/C tubes are intertwined (intermixed?). 
This is a very bad idea. The early '71 cars had a core that had the A/C 
coils in front of the heater coils. So hot air would blow over the (wet 
if the A/C were on) evaporator. This produced instant fog on all windows 
if it was cool outside and the A/C and heater got on at the same time. 
Since the heater valve didn't shut off completely, this was all the 
time! Terrible design. This design would have the same problem. I'm not 
sure when DeTomaso (or Ford) changed over to a core that had the heater 
coils blowing over the A/C, but they did.

When I did Zonkey, the Byers had a "modern" high capacity box that had 
an associated much improved expansion valve and used modern hose 
connectors. You might also talk to Bruce at Mac's Radiator in Bellflower 
(if he is still there). 562-920-1871, 9681 Alondra Blvd
Bellflower, CA 90706
They used to do all Hall's radiator and A/C work and I think were the 
source of the core. If you need someone to do the A/C work, that might 
be the best place.
Richard

On 2/4/11 11:23 AM, Ken Green wrote:
> Has anyone bought one of these AC evaporators:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230398848480
>
> They look good, but that may not mean much.  They are all aluminum, which may be a better conductor, but is really better?
>
> Ken
>
> --- On Fri, 2/4/11, steven.liebenow at att.net<steven.liebenow at att.net>  wrote:
>
>
> From: steven.liebenow at att.net<steven.liebenow at att.net>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Air Con Down under
> To: "mailing list detomaso"<detomaso at realbig.com>
> Date: Friday, February 4, 2011, 11:12 AM
>
>
> Would you believe that the 60's big block (or small block) RHD Mustangs,
> Cougars, etc that went down under ALSO used the large tube thingy to go across
> the entire dash to run those huge 11.5" clutches......
>
> Apparently it used to be a law that any car, classic included, was required to
> be converted to RHD.   I believe recent history has seen that requirement go by
> the wayside....... however now someone was trying to legislate all old cars off
> the roads......ugh!   Did they catch Kaliforniafever there now????
>
> No one ever manufactured inverse image bellhousings......for these cars
> anyway....
>
>
> Steve
>
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