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Modification required to cross brace for pulley
clearance need to drive A/C. |
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Metal shaped to reinforce cross brace.
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Reinforcement welded in place.
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Cross brace finish painted after being reinforced.
Ready for engine installation.
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Alternator bracket supplied by Vintage Air modified
for this installation. Also note bolt holes have been drilled and
tapped into engine block to accept mount.
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Alternator is a General Motors (1) wire type, available
at any parts retailer. Note: The front adjustable brace, which
was supplied in bracket kit from Vintage Air. www.vintageair.com |
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Alternator bracket at rear angle. |
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A/C compressor supplied by Vintage Air in place,
using Healey generator bracket for mounting. A long grade 8 bolt
and nylock nut is used with galvanized steel pipe cut for proper
spacer to align compressor with pulleys. The pulley on the crank
was made by finding a junk yard pulley of the proper diameter, with
no front to rear offset, and having the center cut out and spacer
being machined to make it fit between the factory pulley and the
engine balancer. Longer bolts and liquid lock tight was also used.
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Lower A/C adjustable bracket is the original
generator bracket, however it was necessary to lengthen it. |
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Lower A/C bracket at different angle. |
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A/C hose routing using existing heater air supply
opening. This will get a 2-piece blanking plate cut and secured
to seal the opening around the hoses on bulkhead. Also shown is
the position of the drier with safety switch. |
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A/C hose routing showing hose to A/C condenser.
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A/C condenser and electric cooling fan. The radiator
has also been modified with an extra row of water tubes. In addition,
rally louvers were installed in the front fender to aid in engine
cooling.
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Lower radiator hose modified to go behind alternator
to fit up with radiator. Hard copper with 90 degree elbows were
soldered together to make a rigid section of hose along with factory
hose cut and used giving heater tap. |
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Under dash unit combines A/C evaporator, heater,
defroster and fan all in one unit. This picture shows the vacuum
control switches and some of the necessary wiring and tubing.
I did weld studs to the upper bulkhead to hang unit from. |
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Under dash unit mounted. Note the control panel
in center of dash. This will be changed.
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Control panel was omitted taking the switches from
it and placing them in the original Healey heater control panel
for an original look. |
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See
Vintage Air parts list below. Please be advised that prices are
probably no longer current.
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Vintage Air www.vintageair.com Another source worth checking would be Old Air Products www.oldairproducts.com Note: There is now bracket for the Healey which does not require changing the crank pulley. You replace the generator bracket with a heavy duty mounting plate for the compressor. An alternator mounts on top of the compressor, and runs off the rear compressor pulley. Pricing information along with installation instructions, which includes diagrams are available by contacting: Bret Blades at (972)762-8148.
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