Posted on 05/07/2016 5:01:46 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Please someone in Freeper Land, can you tell me where to source an alternative AC bracket for a 1988 Honda Prelude to allow use of a non-OEM AC compressor on that car? I need to use another more reliable type of AC compressor on the car than the OEM one, all of which are junk.
If you can’t find one, you could just roll down the windows......
The custom bracket would be worth more than the car.
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.
I know, but the car is only that short of being restored.
Do you think you would have a similar sourcing problem if it were an American made (Ford, GM, Chrysler) 1988 vehicle...probable not.
try
handa.com
If you have a compressor, go and talk with a local welding/fab shop.
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.
I don’t know what I’d do without you guys...
The faster you go the better they work.
; 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.
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.
We called that 460 air conditioning - 4 windows, 60 mph.
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.
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.
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.
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