- Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:11 am
#359460
Hey all, so it's midnight right now and i have work in 6 hours but thought i would update you guys! Anyways, so i found a guy willing to sell me a whole ac unit for $100 bucks since i got the 93 ac unit instead of the 94-95. I wasted $60 bucks on the other one BUT thanks to this guy, i literally saved $100+ because this guy had all the little bolts, nuts, etc i needed to successful just install the A/C without waiting and going back and forth! Started at 10 and ended around 4, and all i got done in chronological order was, bought some pag oil, A/C belt, a new drier, and ordered an o-ring king which came 2 hours later, install the ac bracket, tried installing my aftermarket torque mount and didn't work, i tried mcgivering it and grind the torque mount but that would take days so i spent roughly an hour and a half trying to figure out why it wouldn't fit
, so i ended up buying one at the local oreillys auto parts store and picked up my A/C gasket kit (killed two birds w/ one stone
) , took out the old pag oil in the compressor and put some new pag oil in installed the ac belt, cleaned the outside of all the ac lines and condenser fan, replaced the o rings on all the lines and put on the A/C condensor, took out the battery and the battery tray holder and ended up depinning the ground connector from the 93 compressor and putting it on the new/old compressor that i received. That was literally about it. I honestly forgot how A/C looked in the civic so i was just going back and forth trying to see if i forgot anything. Now all i have left to do is reroute the ac lines, find a bracket to hold the condensor since my local honda dealerships don't carry it anymore, refill the A/C unit with freon and the thing i hate the most, finding out what connector goes to what..
Here's the new A/C unit:
The only thing i'm worried about when installing the A/C is mainly electrical issues because i don't know what i threw away and what's been kept in my car when i swapped the engine. So research on top of research on top research will be made to make sure i get EVERYTHING 100%. IN OTHER NEWS, new wheels should be coming in about 2 months, i think? Nothing baller status, but let's just say, im going for a different look now. And depending on how much money it takes for me to get the A/C working, my plans would be backed up until i upgrade my rear suspension (whole rear sway bar, LCA kit). As for the new wheels, you gotta love Japan for it's rarity
Hoping to get them before the big annual Japan Town meet in September!