Any comments about Griffiths Kuehl kit? Information particularly on the following would be appreciated: long term reliability; ease of installation; and pictures of the kit installed would be appreciated.

My Denso 6E171 has reached mandatory retirement age and is not a candidate for being rebuilt and I have some reservations about replacing it with a new Denso. The references to the Griffiths kit seem to make it a good option, but I like to try to get my buyer's remorse taken care of in advance......

Thanks!

 

I've done a few- cannot go wrong with this setup.

 

Replaced mine with a Griffith's kit and R134a in 2001. No problems since.

 

They work well. I had one on my 81 before the headgaskets went.

Just follow the instructions verbatim when you're mounting it. It goes on fairly painlessly that way.

 

I did a full Griffiths swap recently on my 78: compressor, condenser, hoses, dryer, evalve, R134. The compressor mount seemed overly complicated, maybe so it can be used for multiple mounts? I didn't care for the black finish on the condenser and it's exposed fins on top where OEM has a nice flat surface/bracket. Otherwise no issues.

 

I am swapping out a leaking Denso with a Kuehl kit soup to nuts.

There's always a bit of fussment trying to get the compressor on the mounting bracket. Holding it in place and lining up the bolts and spacers is not fun.

I decided this go around I would bench assemble the compressor with it's bracket and exhaust shield. The plan was to remove the owenr's mounting bracket and simply slap the bench assembled unit in its place.

Here's the set up ready to raised. I tightened the rear mounting bolts enough to preposition the bracket. I slid the two upper bolts into position. They are held in place with the interference of the exhaust shield.

Assembled with clean compressor mount and freshly painted exhaust shield.

I used a paper shop towel to hold one of the lower mounting bolts in the socket.

Slid the whole thing into position, used my electric ratchet to snug up the rear vertical bolt and then proceeded to tighten the other three bolts.

Bolted in and torqued. Ready for the AC lines to be attached.

Very satisfying.

And a shout out to Speedtoys for mentioning the use of an allen bolt in lieu of the 17mm bolt you can never get to.

 

Please elaborate on this...

 

Second photo from bottom?

 

Use a button head bolt on the front, then you don't have a bolt that with the belt on, you cant get a socket on, or barely a wrench.

Then you can spin it easily.

 

I completely missed that. 😬
Thanks!




Thanks! I will make a note of this.

 

Always refreshing to see a nice dry oil pan on what appears to be a well used (and apparently cared for) 928!

 

Well, that was after 15 cans of brake clean. The car, not mine,is getting a top end refresh, oil pan gasket and motor mounts and I hate working on a dirty car. I wish is had access to an outside lift and a power sprayer.