crooney1189
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2024
- Posts
- 22
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- FL
- First Name
- Carl
- Truck Year
- 1986
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 5.3
So a little background info on the truck:
Although from the factory it was a non-a/c truck, someone before us did add an aftermarket a/c kit, which looks to be something like you'd order out of a JC Whitney catalog back in the day. I haven't driven the truck in probably 12+ years (we traded it away, I bought it back a few years later after spotting it in someone's yard while driving through town, then it sat for several years in my possession, and now I'm able to get it back on the road), but I do remember the a/c didn't quite keep up that well. It worked, and it was better than nothing, but it wasn't great. My hope was to find all of the factory components and install them, and run them off the LS compressor as part of the swap.
I don't really want to spend the money that the VA system would cost, and if I can't find the complete factory a/c setup and make that work I'll try and get the aftermarket kit on there working and just use that. Although I'm not sure where to even get replacement parts at this point, and like I mentioned, the truck has been off the road for a bunch of years at this point. My hesitation was spending the money on custom lines and all that to attach to the aftermarket kit on there now, and finding out it either no longer works, or just works pretty poorly.
To further complicate things, I'm trying to have the truck done, driving, and roadtrip-worthy to take the it on Power Tour in June, which is already a lofty goal with my schedule and time available. Pictures attached of the current aftermarket a/c kit on the truck.
Although from the factory it was a non-a/c truck, someone before us did add an aftermarket a/c kit, which looks to be something like you'd order out of a JC Whitney catalog back in the day. I haven't driven the truck in probably 12+ years (we traded it away, I bought it back a few years later after spotting it in someone's yard while driving through town, then it sat for several years in my possession, and now I'm able to get it back on the road), but I do remember the a/c didn't quite keep up that well. It worked, and it was better than nothing, but it wasn't great. My hope was to find all of the factory components and install them, and run them off the LS compressor as part of the swap.
I don't really want to spend the money that the VA system would cost, and if I can't find the complete factory a/c setup and make that work I'll try and get the aftermarket kit on there working and just use that. Although I'm not sure where to even get replacement parts at this point, and like I mentioned, the truck has been off the road for a bunch of years at this point. My hesitation was spending the money on custom lines and all that to attach to the aftermarket kit on there now, and finding out it either no longer works, or just works pretty poorly.
To further complicate things, I'm trying to have the truck done, driving, and roadtrip-worthy to take the it on Power Tour in June, which is already a lofty goal with my schedule and time available. Pictures attached of the current aftermarket a/c kit on the truck.
