heater and a/c delete tips

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-22-2010, 09:48 AM

getting ready to pull the complete ac and heater systems from the t/a. any tips would be greatly appreciatted. ill post up any issues i run into.

**Orcus79** · 07-22-2010, 10:42 PM

Any reasons why to you are doing that out of morbid curiosity? One would be to get the AC system professionally discharged before remove any parts. I think the heater core needs to be in place for the coolant system to operate properly, but could be wrong. prety much all I can think of.

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-23-2010, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Orcus79

Any reasons why to you are doing that out of morbid curiosity? One would be to get the AC system professionally discharged before remove any parts. I think the heater core needs to be in place for the coolant system to operate properly, but could be wrong. prety much all I can think of.

lol ya seems kinda morbid but its gonna be a track car so im removing non essentials.

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-23-2010, 09:03 AM

removed everything pertainin to the a/c from under the hood last night. all in all it was really easy. just neex to pay attention to make sure you get all the clips removed i n the plasticd that boldz the cooler in front of the radiator. air pump slides right out the bottom

**Orcus79** · 07-23-2010, 09:06 AM

Ahh I get ya. I think most of it is pretty easy to remove, You will have to get under the dash (though presuming that is also coming out for custom fab work) to get the condenser, fan and heater core out.

One thing I may suggest is to not block off the heater outlets fully on the water pump, but route the hose between them to create a loop to keep from creating an over heat situation, it has to do with the way the t-stat works I think. I'm by no means an expert, just what my common sense tells me.

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-23-2010, 11:41 AM

i was thinkin the same thing with the hose

**nomolos1** · 07-23-2010, 03:10 PM

Ould you sell me the compressor?

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-24-2010, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by nomolos1

Ould you sell me the compressor?

ya no prob, pm me and we can line it up

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-24-2010, 12:18 AM

allright so everything is out! really easy! dash doesnt need to come out only the glove box and the panel underneath by the passenger foot area. had to cut one of the heater lines that ran to the heater core from the water pump and the control line from the temp dial back to the heat/a/c unit under the dash in order to remove them. Probably could have not had to go that route but wasnt looking to go too crazy dismantling parts. Some hard to reach screws on the box extending from the firewall that hold the a/c lines and a little bit of muscle to pull the core and evaporator free but other than that like i said pretty easy

**MudStainKILLA** · 07-24-2010, 12:23 AM

As for the water pump send and return i cut sown one of the send/recieve hoses from the heater core to water pump that had almost a 180 in it already. I just looped the send to the recieve and it worked great! no leaks with or without pressure in the system

all in all id say i shaved a good 40-50 pounds out with everything i removed from the car. a lot of stuff got removed.