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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3253294" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Well I went and done it.</p><p>Or almost so. The wife does not like the extreme heat or cold so much.</p><p>So I figured I would walk Pull A Part and see if there was a likely donor for an air conditioning system.</p><p></p><p>I built a homemade serpentine system years ago for it because V belts today suck.</p><p>I kept my standard rotation water pump and that was what I wanted to retain in this swap.</p><p>May have been easier to go with all GM stuff and reverse rotation water pump but not my style.</p><p></p><p>A 2004 Isuzu Axiom was the donor vehicle. As it had the flat coil condenser with an electric fan attached to it and the dryer attached to it.</p><p>A 6 rib serpentine pulley was on the compressor.</p><p>I pulled compressor all lines the evaporator and condenser and blower motor in about 45 minutes and a couple idler pulleys for 90 bucks total.</p><p></p><p>I got the pulleys lined up and brackets almost finished.</p><p>I hope to have it done soon.</p><p>Some pictures.</p><p></p><p>OH and the idler pulleys are Ford as is part of the water pump pulley. the water pump is Chevy and Ford pulleys welded together.</p><p>I measured for a belt with a 2 conductor flat extension cord 70" and mocked it up and it fit.</p><p>I also seen a fan shroud on a Ford that looked like it may work on my Chevy with aftermarket aluminum radiator.</p><p>It fit pretty well with a little tweaking.</p><p>Hope the little 19x22 radiator keeps up and the shroud should help out a bit.</p><p>It does fine with NO AC, if it can't keep up I have a huge new 1985 Chevy truck aftermarket radiator that should work but more tweaking to make it work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3253294, member: 15054"] Well I went and done it. Or almost so. The wife does not like the extreme heat or cold so much. So I figured I would walk Pull A Part and see if there was a likely donor for an air conditioning system. I built a homemade serpentine system years ago for it because V belts today suck. I kept my standard rotation water pump and that was what I wanted to retain in this swap. May have been easier to go with all GM stuff and reverse rotation water pump but not my style. A 2004 Isuzu Axiom was the donor vehicle. As it had the flat coil condenser with an electric fan attached to it and the dryer attached to it. A 6 rib serpentine pulley was on the compressor. I pulled compressor all lines the evaporator and condenser and blower motor in about 45 minutes and a couple idler pulleys for 90 bucks total. I got the pulleys lined up and brackets almost finished. I hope to have it done soon. Some pictures. OH and the idler pulleys are Ford as is part of the water pump pulley. the water pump is Chevy and Ford pulleys welded together. I measured for a belt with a 2 conductor flat extension cord 70" and mocked it up and it fit. I also seen a fan shroud on a Ford that looked like it may work on my Chevy with aftermarket aluminum radiator. It fit pretty well with a little tweaking. Hope the little 19x22 radiator keeps up and the shroud should help out a bit. It does fine with NO AC, if it can't keep up I have a huge new 1985 Chevy truck aftermarket radiator that should work but more tweaking to make it work. [/QUOTE]
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