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1988 Honda Prelude alternative AC compressor and bracket - Help!
7 May 2016 | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin

Posted on 05/07/2016 5:01:46 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

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Thanks for any help.
1 posted on 05/07/2016 5:01:46 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

If you can’t find one, you could just roll down the windows......


2 posted on 05/07/2016 5:06:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (#HillaryForPrison-2016)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

The custom bracket would be worth more than the car.


3 posted on 05/07/2016 5:07:46 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Man, really, thanks! Wow, didn’t think of that. </s> Come to where we live and try to drive a car down the road in the heat for a while with the windows open. You’ll be looking for a way to make the AC work...or, I guess, we can buy another car.


4 posted on 05/07/2016 5:08:45 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: central_va

I know, but the car is only that short of being restored.


5 posted on 05/07/2016 5:09:17 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Do you think you would have a similar sourcing problem if it were an American made (Ford, GM, Chrysler) 1988 vehicle...probable not.


6 posted on 05/07/2016 5:09:44 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

try

handa.com


7 posted on 05/07/2016 5:10:09 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: central_va

Just get a new car at Maxi Mart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMRTNTRwk0


8 posted on 05/07/2016 5:10:33 AM PDT by shelterguy
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9 posted on 05/07/2016 5:12:09 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

If you have a compressor, go and talk with a local welding/fab shop.


10 posted on 05/07/2016 5:13:01 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I’d say you will have to possible options. Either the manufacturer of the after market compressor will have a bracket or you are going to need to find a fab shop that will make you one. In any case, parts for a 1988 car are going to be scarce. I’ve had good luck finding parts for my old Taco at Rockauto.com.


11 posted on 05/07/2016 5:14:22 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: DuncanWaring

I don’t know what I’d do without you guys...


12 posted on 05/07/2016 5:16:16 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
One of these would work and be considered steampunk as all getout.

The faster you go the better they work.


13 posted on 05/07/2016 5:16:42 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Go to your nearest "Pick and Pull" ...take a look inside cars of he same make and models yours.

; Also on line to various pick and pull companies.

Finally...a good workshop can make you a bracket.

Google your question with car model....I am sure someone already solved the problem and posted a U-Tube video about it.

Good luck.

14 posted on 05/07/2016 5:17:52 AM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Is this what you're looking for?   ;-)


15 posted on 05/07/2016 5:18:55 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Junk Yard. Find one that looks “right”. Then find a Machinist / machine shop to help you make it fit.

Of course in 2016 America, finding the machine shop will probably be harder than finding the elusive part.
In my America (circa 1960) half the people I knew had a lathe, mill and welding torches in their basement or garage.


16 posted on 05/07/2016 5:20:07 AM PDT by Tupelo (we vote - THEY decide.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

We called that 460 air conditioning - 4 windows, 60 mph.


17 posted on 05/07/2016 5:20:22 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

To replace the OEM AC with something from a different vehicle, you would need to find one that will run with your current components. Anything designed to the same specs, including the electrical connections, will essentially be the same compressor.

If you insist on putting a non-oem framed compressor in there, then buy some aluminum and make your own plates and brackets. McMaster.com will have everything you need. Don’t be surprised when you have to replace the condenser, lines, expansion valve, evaporator, dryer, electrical connectors and belts while you’re at it.

If you think all the remans are junk, it’s probably because the first and second reman you put in wasn’t done properly. There may have been debris or other contaminants in the system that were then re-introduced to your reman compressors and those were scrapped in short order.

If you are having repeated AC failures, take it to a Honda service place and it will be done properly with a warranty. Yes, it’s going to be painful but it’ll be done right and if it fails, they have to eat it. Chances are it’ll run for at least 50k miles without any issue.


18 posted on 05/07/2016 5:28:10 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

By a couple of junk stock brackets and start cutting. And perhaps welding.

In my day I fabricated many car modifications like you spoke of.
Age has stopped me from doing things like that now.


19 posted on 05/07/2016 5:30:41 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Can’t help you here, but I do miss my 1987 Honda Prelude SI.
What a great car that was, had it for 14 years.
300K miles.


20 posted on 05/07/2016 5:34:30 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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