[DeTomaso] A/C Compressor for Pantera built in 1988

[Julian Kift]

A local A/C guy told me that loss of partial charge is typical for classisc cars stored for winter periods due to the compressor shaft sitting in one location against the seal for extended periods. He recommended just cycling the air compressor, assuming you still start the car regularly through the storage months.
 
Julian
 

> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:20:53 +0200
> From: thomas at hax.se
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A/C Compressor for Pantera built in 1988
> 
> 2012-06-07 22:10, Peter Havlik skrev:
> > Ken:
> >
> > My car came from the factory with a modern rotary compressor. It does not have the old style York compressor.
> >
> > As I understand it, the Sanden described in Mike's article will not fit in my application, which is a 351W.
> 
> I thought most modern "rotary" compressors used the same mounting hardware.
> 
> My car ('84 GT5) came with a York from the factory, but the previous 
> owner replaced it with a Hall unit.
> 
> After having had to completely fill the system every other year, even 
> after replacing all the hoses, I finally gace up and bought a Sanden 508 
> from Summit, which fit the Hall supplied adapter perfectly.
> 
> The system has now held the charge for several years, and it works great.
> 
> The pulley on my compressor is for dual V-belts.
> 
> The compressor was less than $200 from Summit, and I would never buy a 
> rebuilt one.
> 
> 
> >
> > - Peter
> >
> >
> > On 2012-06-07, at 12:38 PM, Ken Green wrote:
> >
> >> Peter,
> >>
> >> Why not upgrade to a modern compressor? Mike Dailey describes it here:
> >>
> >> http://www.panteraplace.com/page123.htm
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> From: Peter Havlik<peterhavlik at me.com>
> >> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 11:37 AM
> >> Subject: [DeTomaso] A/C Compressor for Pantera built in 1988
> >>
> >> I am looking for an a/c compressor for my Pantera, which was built between April and June, 1988 with a Windsor engine. I believe the original compressor was sourced by De Tomaso from either Ford Europe or Australia, because the numbers on it were incomprehensible to all the Ford Canada parts guys I have talked to. When it failed, I managed to replace it with a 1988 Ford F-150 pickup compressor, which then duly failed too, subsequent to which NAPA managed to track down a rebuilt one that lasted all of 4 hours before seizing up (much to the amusement of Mike Drew, who was in the passenger seat at the time as I began screaming and crying like a little girl that my car was on fire when the smoke from the melting fan belt began pouring out of the engine compartment).
> >>
> >> I am now told that 1988 Ford F-150 compressors are no longer available anywhere in the vee belt configuration that I require. Even the guys at Vintage Air could not help me.
> >>
> >> Apparently Ford F-150s are such an exceedingly rare vehicle (watch for them at Pebble Beach any day now), that it is easier to find an abandoned Ferrari Enzo than a F-150 compressor.
> >>
> >> Any help or advice with regard to the procurement of this part would be greatly appreciated.
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