A new York Style compressor arrived in the mail and Scott McClure who’s supplying me with the parts spec’ed it out with 134a fittings, but managed to make it still look like a R12 system by making dummy R12 caps!

The only way to get the compressor installed in the Dino is by removing the right side fuel tank, but once it’s out of the way, getting the new A/C lines and compressor mounted wasn’t too bad. Getting fuel tank back in is another story…

Scott also supplied a new evaporator, but I had to drill out the pop rivets to take the A/C plenum that housed the evaporator.

Since Scott had exact reproductions made of the Dino evaporator and condenser with modern o-ring seals instead of the original flare fittings, I decided to replace everything in this system. This would save me the step of flushing the old parts of the old R-12 refridgerant and oil to accept the new 134a refrigerant and PAG oil.

The new evaporator fit perfectly in the original housing.

I removed the radiator to separate the condenser and replace it as well.

With a low mileage car, the parts didn’t look too worn, but I wanted to make the A/C system work as best as it could with the new 134a refrigerant. If any of the hoses, fittings, or heat exchangers leaked, we would be wasting time chasing leaks.

The new condenser fit perfectly and lined up with everything like the original parts.