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The condenser in my 86.5 is 14 x 20. I am looking at the 14 x 25 and trying to remember why I was sure it would not fit. I had to fab upper and lower mounts for the condenser as well as tubing that did a horizontal 180 and vertical 90 to mate up with the stock receiver dryer. To make that more interesting, the fitting on the bottom of the condenser is a #6 and the fitting on the receiver dryer is a #8. Gotta take another look at the car to see why I thought 20 inches was my max width.
I purchased the condenser from an outfit called Cold Hose
Last edited by Eplebnista; 08-31-2023 at 01:25 PM.
The condenser in my 86.5 is 14 x 20. I am looking at the 14 x 25 and trying to remember why I was sure it would not fit. I had to fab upper and lower mounts for the condenser as well as tubing that did a horizontal 180 and vertical 90 to mate up with the stock receiver dryer. To make that more interesting, the fitting on the bottom of the condenser is a #6 and the fitting on the receiver dryer is a #8. Gotta take another look at the car to see why I thought 20 inches was my max width.
I purchased the condenser from an outfit called Cold Hose
Because in our earlier cars the head light motor rotates 360 degrees. In the later ones it only goes 180 to account for the larger condenser.
Thanks for the info, now I don't feel so dumb (except that I didn't know I could have the mondo condenser by swapping the headlight motor).
You can't just swap the headlight motor - you also need a new headlight relay, changes to the CE panel wiring, new motor wiring/connectors, new up & down stops for the headlight frames... quite a bit of work and fiddly to get adjusted right.
I have a couple of leaking condensers - I plan on poaching the AC hard lines in the short term. My AC guys think they found the correct pipe and threaded connections.
The hard work is reproducing the attachment hardware. Lost my 3D designer - now an associate professor at UNC.
And as with all my projects I have plans for a simplified bottom supports the won't require getting under the car to remove the condenser in the future.
08-31-2023, 10:13 AM
