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Funola,
Sure - I'll get some pictures for you, though it will have to be of the Seimen's housing instead of the Behr one, since I had to use the heater housing for the one that's going into my car. I'll get some fresh pictures, I didn't think to grab any with all the vacuum pods in place and I think those will help explain how it all works. The two housings are practically identical, the only real difference is the exact dimensions of the evaporator enclosure.
LMG, are you perhaps asking me rather than Funola? His system is already assembled and working, mine's still in progress. I'm hoping to have mine back together within the next couple of weeks, assuming I can get a second set of hands to mount the evaporator housing and dash soon. I still have a woodworking project that I need to finish as well.
Here's what's left
Rebuild evaporator housing/heater housing. I had to pull that apart last night to add a bit of weatherstrip that I forgot. I left most of it intact, only separating the areas that were absolutely essential.
Install evaporator housing (need help with that bit)
Rewire/plumb housing and everything that I removed to make room.
Vacuum test all of the vacuum pods. I already rebuilt all of these, but it's worth taking the time to test it again.
Install dash, center console, controls, steering wheel, instruments, etc. Test everything as it goes in.
Install compressor belt, set tension, tighten compressor into final position.
Tension power steering pump belt, tighten in final position.
Install hard lines to compressor and a few small mounting brackets that were part of the Sanden kit I chose.
Run new hoses - most of which I have either new or rebuilt. I also need to crimp the suction line from the evaporator to the line that runs across the front of the engine. I want to have everything in place before I measure the length for the new barrier hose, since I only have one shot at making it fit correctly.
Install new heater hoses. All of those are in my parts collection, and I've refurbished the steel heater hose lines.
Replace the condenser with another PF. Since I ran the system with an R4 which failed, I still have pag 150 in the condenser, but my new Sanden calls for pag 100. Since I cant flush it, and I don't know how much oil is in there, I decided to fork out a bit more cash for another one to be safe.
Oil change (since I need to pull the oil cooler to swap the condenser, I might as well do that now)
Install battery tray, battery, air cleaner - removed to make room to work and because the lines to the evaporator are held in place here.
Double check wiring of aux fan - I upgraded to an oversize aux fan, not 100% sure I got the polarity correct. Can't check that until I have the battery back in
Pressure test/purge with nitrogen, vacuum, fill system. I'm going to be running r134a in my system. Since I have the vastly improved condenser and auxiliary fan, as well as a 99% new system, I am hoping it will perform comparably to r12.
There's probably a few small things I left out, but that's the major parts.
Last edited by Demothen; 09-07-2016 at 03:01 PM.
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