i hear it makes the car heavier and its a waste to me cause i dont use it// how can i remove it and all its parts.. i have and 89 civic hatchback..

mike
ps its the DX..
thanks

 

first, take the car to a certified shop to have the Freon removed from the system. releasing the chemicals into the atmosphere is illegal and can really **** you up breathing wise. then unbolt the lines from the compressor to the firewall, and unbolt the compressor from the bracket on the block. to pull out the condensor, unbolt the hood release bracket in front of the radiator support. there should be 4 10 mil bolts on the ends of the bracket. the condensor will be in front of the radiator.

is the stuff in good shape? i would like to buy the condensor and possibly the lines.

 

Be very careful with the lines. They're very soft and are easily stripped. Normally it wouldn't matter if you destroyed them, but there's a market for these parts.

 

hes absolutely right... over there in PA i am sure many ppl dont run a/c too often, but here in az its a pretty popluar item. just a question tho, wouldnt you want to keep it if its working? i mean there haveto be at least a few days when its hot enough to use it. remember it only costs you hp if the compressor is running.

 

i ripped mine out.....i believe my GF will be breaking up with me until winter.

 

Hahahaha. Wait until she finds out she can't recline the passenger seat with the roll bar cross brace in the way

 

take out everything you see here. except the evaporator.

 

ok .. thanks.. ill b carefull when i remove it ...id sell it or trade it if someone wanted it cause it works fine and i just dont ever use it... also how much weight will it save me do u think?

mike

 

I've removed 3 EF a/c systems. All the parts (including the condenser behind the glove box) weigh 42lbs. A very worthwile savings in my opinion.

 

I have the under hood parts minus mounting bolts if anyone wants to buy it? Drop me an Email.

 

Steve91.. u have any parts left over|? i most importantly need the condenser and all the lines.... (engine bay stuff onlyheres my zip code. give me a final price shipped.. 94086, CA

 

I just hacked my off. It was fun.

p.s. treehugers, the system was empty

 

Sorry, it sold the parts a while ago.

 

If you don't think anyone out there in Reading uses A/C, you probably haven't been east of the Mississippi in your entire life. At least not in summer. For some odd reason, the only thing West Coast people think of when they think of East Coast weather is snow in winter. (Maybe they don't think of summer since most snowy West Coast locations are cool in summer. At least in California). But East Coast summers are brutally hot and humid. The humidity is so bad that an 80 degree day in PA actually feels hotter than a typical 100 degree Sacramento summer day. Why anyone who lives in Pennsylvania would give up their A/C is beyond me.

 

ok .. ill be removing it soon.. if anyone wants it make me an offer or i could use some parts if u got stuff to trade or whatever.. let me know

mike
ps
if i "accidentally" turned the little black **** and let the freon out with my hood open would anything bad happen to the car or me??

 

How much for the condensor.. all i want is the condensor..

 

i dont have the first idea what they sell for so make me an offer..what u think is reasonable..
1st i gotta get it out in 1 piece though.. tomm morn im gonna do it..
mike

 

No not unless you were tring to inhale it.

 

Make sure you remove the part behind the glove box. You'll need the filler from a car that doesn't have AC to do it correctly. You'll also need something to put in the giant hole in the firewall.

Anecdote... I was taking the AC lines off of a 92 at the junkyard once. I took the bolts out of the lines where they bolt in to the dryer can carefully. Legally they have to drain the AC, but I was cautious... Anyway, no sign of pressure as I take the bolt out until right as I pull up on the line. BOOM the line pops off and its spraying, and by now I'm looking down in to the fender well... I get AC oil and freon sprayed in to my mouth and eyes... and it was a lot of it. It really sucked. I almost puked from the taste of the oil (or whatever the stuff in the lines with the freon is). It was about 40 degrees out, so now my face is cold as hell. I shook it all off, but to this day I still use a lot of caution when doing stuff like that. I wonder if its warmer right above that car now from the hole in the ozone layer?

 

Here's another nugget for information you will need. When you remove the a/c, the radiator fan will stop working (at least on the 3 cars I did). It seems when you disconnect all the a/c parts and wires that you loose the ground to the fan. I end up running a new ground wire to the fan and up to a switch in the car, then to ground. You could also tap re-wire a new ground to the thermosensor on the back of the motor to get the fan to come on automatically.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong when I remove them but I've seen the fan not work when other people remove the a/c too.

 

Hey if anyone has the hose that goes from the reciever drier to the condenser, I need it, it's the one in front...mine got bent ina wreck and I have a class right now where I can do all the work and recharge my A/C with 134a...IM me or email me...thanks Oh yeah I have an 89 CRX Si, I think it should be the same, but that's the one I need...right behind the headlight...


[Modified by PSUCRX, 6:33 PM 6/21/2002]

 

Man, I live in central NY and I just can't take the heat. Almost every day now is 80-90 degrees and real humid. In my car it's way hotter than that, and I can't stop sweating. I desperately need A/C, but I can't afford the cost of installation...


[Modified by OldSchoolHatch, 2:05 AM 6/22/2002]

 

Does anyone know what a fair price would be for a mechanic to install A/C if I had all the parts?

 

i got a condenser for sale Json79

 

Because they can roll the window down