I ordered an AC evaporator for a 92 civic and it doesn't match the bolts to my 1994 civic AC lines.
The stock one from my 94 has a 10MM bottom bolt and a 10MM top bolt. The one I recieved has a 10MM bottom and a larger bolt for the top.
Does anyone know if there actually IS a difference in these evaporators, or was I just shipped the wrong part?
The description says 92-95 Civic AC Evaporator.



Modified by thewrai6th at 9:51 AM 1/9/2008

 

Anyone? I want to return this asap if I can.

 

no difference.cause i have a 95 civic evaporator in my 92 civic. i installed that by myself.so i know it will work

 

Well, damn, I figured it out. They are different. Between the 92 and the 94 ex anyway. I started looking at parts diagrams and the top bolt on the 92 is an 8x and the bottom is a 6x. On the 94EX, they are both 6x

Damn me, I am out 40 bucks Oh well.
Lesson learned is that descriptions are not always correct.

 

u mean two bolts that secure the ac pipes at the firewall right? just get the bolts, they are like 20 cents a piece
and also i am running different ac parts from different 92-95 civics..they all bolt up nice and no leak. i personally installed every little ac parts into my eg hatch. and even tried to make it work with my b16a swap.

 

Unfortunately, the holes in the evaporator I recieved are a smaller diameter and it's impossible to plug the lines in. Also in order to get the 8x bolt through the top line, I would have to drill it out (even if it could plug in).
I'll just order another and make sure it's the right one this time.
Thanks for the help.

 

no u cant drill them cause they have thread. also u can either get the ac pipe that bolt on to the evaporator or get another evaporator and where did u get the evaporator from? if from junk yard. they normally would let u do an exchange.


Modified by crazyguy at 12:58 PM 1/9/2008

 

would the fact that one is r-12 and the other r-134a be the problem???

im not sure, im just asking because they use differant refrigerants.

 

The refigerant would probably not make a difference, it's basically a tube with fins on it.
I could change the lines to match, but I will just try to return this one and pick up another.