yellowline

I have the head off of my 944S, and I am remaking this into a track car. It's a great time to remove things like cruise control (done) and all the AC junk besides the compressor (hard lines, etc)

I attached the PET diagram of the AC setup. Looking at the connections at the firewall (around #s 33, 34, 10), it seems like a blockoff plate would exist for non-AC cars. Is there a factory solution for that, or have people found something better?

roman944

oh I am doing this right now

just got that part that's under alternator out

now I need to figure out how to remove hard lines as well

going to take them all out right now while car is still half-disassembled

great topic though!

are you getting a A/C delete kit or a shorter belt?

krystar

hmm good point...i just ripped the lines out completely. should probably put a plug there

roman944

so how did you guys get the lines @ the firewall out?

"wiggle" them out or cut them off?

thirdgenbird

i did a lindsey kit with a FULL delete including the evaporator.

it does leave two pretty sizable holes in the firewall. nothing that some body pugs cant take care of (i don't have any yet)

i cut them. saving them wasnt worth the time/effort.

it didnt work
they were not going back
i didnt want to ship them

roman944

looks like I need this chewed out and spelled out for me

are they metal by the firewall or rubber hose?

and, how do you get the stuff that's by radiator out? the 2 that you see through bumper cover are kicking my **** right now

krystar

pretty sure it was a metal compression fitting at the firewall. i remember dremeling the hard line

GaryM05

+1 for dremeling the hard line to make it easier to pull through.

As for a block-off plate, it's pretty easy to make one yourself. You can get some aluminum stock from Ace Hardware or Home Depot, cut it to cover the holes (I'd recommend making a template from file folder material first), and then rivet it to the firewall with some 3M Fireblock (or similar sealant) spread around the hole to help fill in any air pockets under the cover in case of fire.

roman944

ah so removing this A/C stuff is not really THAT hard at all

I ended up not even touching the lines going into the radiator-looking thing, just unbolted EVERYTHING related to the A/C in the front - took the radiator off - and then dropped the WHOLE thing down

radiator is back in now

and I still have to remove these 2 hard lines going into firewall

I think I'll "cut" them off too

should I dig into the under-dash thing? or leave that part alone?

krystar

ac radiator = condenser

u prob don't want to touch the underdash box...cause that channels in the venting too. unless yer really adventurous

roman944

yeah that, lol

if its something really easy, then why not, if its a real PITA and the dash has to come out or something, then screw that (at least, at the moment, LOL)

so I should cut the lines as close to firewall as possible, and plug the holes? caulk or something? lol

xsboost90

i cut both lines at the bend near the booster- then unbolted the lines from the firewall and pulled them out. Other end is pretty easy.

roman944

is the bolt covered by the rubber gasket/boot? am I supposed to take it off to see the bolt? or to my lines (early car) attach some other way?

roman944

ok got my hard lines out

1) remove glove box
2) remove under dash

these things only have a couple of screws

undid the lines that are behind dash

cut the lines by the firewall

unscrew 2 clamps that hold the lines, right next to when the lines go through firewall

then wiggle and wrestle with them to get them out

pretty easy

now, my dash is still apart, anything else under dash I can remove while its apart anyways, that's A/C related? I want to keep the heat

mark_uss

i remove the lines under ...u have to remove the ventilation unit under the hood and see thru