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07-12-2012, 11:35 AM | #1 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Where's the big show in WV?
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07-12-2012, 01:34 PM | #2 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
I was wrong. It is NEXT weekend, not this weekend. I had my dates screwed up. It is the Friends of Coal Auto Fair. I will be there. You can check it out at http://www.friendsofcoalautofair.com/
Let me know if you decide to come. I will be there with my Burb and the Blazer, my dad will be there with his Burb and his Nova. Plus I think I am hauling a '60 Chevy Bel Air. Who knows. It is a good show, Fri, Sat and Sun. Lots of good trophies given away Friday night at the cruise, Sat and Sunday. I posted it in the WV/VA forum but it is like a ghost town in there. Not many active fellow WV'ians in there. When I was at the show last year, I only met one forum member, and he was from New Hampshire. haha!
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04-12-2020, 09:13 AM | #3 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
What model Slimline did you use for this?
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07-19-2012, 12:53 PM | #4 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Got my rear air boxed in. So, now it's functional AND pretty
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07-19-2012, 01:05 PM | #5 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Nice work buddy! I assume you have to flip the control knobs to get it to turn on and set temp?
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09-04-2016, 08:57 AM | #6 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
subscribing for the pictures!!
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02-01-2017, 09:11 AM | #7 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
To bring this back from The dead. Do you guys who have installed this unit think it can be retro fitted into the stock overhead ac. I have the unit that runs front to back. And would love heat for rear
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02-01-2017, 09:34 AM | #8 | |
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02-01-2017, 10:35 AM | #9 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Hi Jeff. Do you have any pictures of the second row seat how it is mounted? I tested fitted my seats from a 04 Suburban and they seem very close together.
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02-06-2017, 08:26 PM | #10 |
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The 2nd row was tight, but my kids were small. The only time it mattered was the few weeks after I first installed the front seats. The power wasn't hooked up yet, so it was super tight. I always figured I could notch the rear seat bracket to allow it to ride up on the rear floor if I were ever to redo it.
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10-20-2017, 03:44 PM | #11 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
I have been trying to get my '72 Suburban original-ish front and rear A/C working with some success. I live in Florida, so I have some minor complaints from the family on the cooling power, especially in city driving. It gets hot here!! The A/C didn't work when I purchased the vehicle about a year ago due to compressor bearing failures. After a little research, I purchased a Four Seasons 58098 AC compressor, with clutch.
It worked ok for a while (about 6 months), but died on me last week. The clutch started spewing black super-heated liquid all over the engine bay. AutoZone - where I purchased it - gave me a free replacement that I installed this week, so I'm back in business. One question for this group of folks - does anyone have a perspective on replacing the front fan for the A/C system? Is it very involved? Only the LOW and MED speeds now work, and the fan speed was anemic even when the HIGH speed worked. While I have plenty of cold air available, the fan just won't push it to the 2nd row of seats. Thanks in advance! |
12-28-2017, 11:37 AM | #12 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Here's another question, does the newer model Gen IV system do any better at cooling one of these big beasts than the Gen II on the original post?
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12-29-2017, 12:18 AM | #13 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
If I am not mistaken, the Gen II uses the old style pulleys and cables and the newer version uses electronic solenoids. I believe the cooling capabilities are similar. I had the old style and it cooled fine. I did add the rear air in addition to the traditional system.
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12-29-2017, 05:22 PM | #14 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
I have had both, and now have a VA monster unit. Light years ahead of the direct fit. A monster unit will heat and cool the whole car, but it uses bigger hoses in the front that uses more of the valuable room there. I never had any luck getting the stock rear unit to work properly.Direct fit is just not big enough for these big cars.
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01-07-2018, 06:17 PM | #16 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
To my knowledge VA doesn't make a direct fit with the Monster unit, but everything looks the same except the dash unit. They do make a bigger compressor than the direct fits use, and I would recommend that. VA are very knowledgeable about swaps and are more than qualified to help.
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04-12-2020, 10:44 AM | #17 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
The monster unit evaporater fits behind the dash, but had to put the vents under the dash. No room for in dash vents
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05-16-2023, 05:55 PM | #18 |
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Re: Suburban Vintage Air A/C
Has anyone mounted one of the skin units above the second row seat? I don't have 3rd row seat I'm worried the second row seat won't get cold enough. I have 5 year old that sits there and as it is the front barely gets cold enough in 95 degree temps
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