Dave-
Glad you could use the first hand advice from my first AC purchase experience.
I'm kinda hesitant to open those boxes of the second, used AC unit I bought. But, it is sure were packaged well by the seller who packed it at his work place. A good sign indeed. Especially since he expressed a great pride in workmanship and was proud of the custom aluminum plate he had made for the new switches he'd installed. A very good sign indeed.
I remembering him saying it was not a York comressor but rather a rotorary? / cyclical ? type. Another reason to be afraid to look. I've got a lot to learn here since I have seen no references to this type.
One saving grace is that is has already been upgraded to the newer type freon.
I finally got off my behind and started back on the CJ(spring will do that). It's been a very hectic at work and this is a real drain on an aging body (mine). I'm surprised at how little there is to do to get this puppy on the road. It's funny I have not named it yet since I usually give things some name.
My first hot-rod, a blue '57 Chevy hard top was christened "Blue Tennis Shoe"
I built (lived under) it way back in the 60's. It was real fast....
I really like naming vehicles like Sno-Jeep or Jeepskate.
All boats have names. I even dubbed my Cheyenne Blazer "Shy Annie".
This one's name still hasn't come to me yet.
I'm rubbing out my home shot paint job and have been having fun screwing down a few of those pretty stainless and steel diamond plate add-ons that you always see first but have to wait and install at the very last of a restore. Last week I even uncrated and installed the wench I got for X-mas from my wife. Now there's a good woman! She's not quite Jeep Chick material though since she canceled our reservations to use her new G/Cherokee to go on last fall's first Moab Jamboree to instead visit her mother.
Since am now determined to get it rolling and refuse to go back now and pull the radiator to try to retrofit the AC stuff on the front end.
I just yesterday did the first trial fit of the completed dash (now that the top of the cowl/windshield seat area is polished and waxed) and know what you mean by trying to size up the fit of the under dash AC housing.
My dash wiring looks a lot different when I'm laying upside down staring up under it so it will take me a while to remember (using all the home-made diagrams I drew months ago) which dash wire goes where - including all the rest of the post firewall (Painfull [sic])wiring.
Thanks for the reply and keep up the good work.
You are a tremendous asset to this board.
JAF
http://www.monsterslayer.com/jeep