Eliminated AC...Now What Should I Do?
My 69 Dart was an AC/Heat car. As part of my restomod project I decided to strip the AC components off of the car. I am keeping the AC/heater box (which I refinished) because it mounts to the firewall properly, and the control and bezel on the dash are still correct. However, since all of the AC parts are gone under the hood, I am wondering what my options are for the heater hoses under the hood? The picture below shows the way that the heater hoses are routed (based on the set up with AC, but with all of the AC stuff obviously removed). They heater hoses are routed through the vacuum valve on the passenger side fender (left side of picture). There is also a small vacuum hose routed to a vacuum connection on the back of the intake manifold. There are three additional vacuum valves on the AC/heater box. My question is, can I eliminate the vacuum valve on the fender and run the heater hoses direct (like non-AC cars) and retain everything else under the dash? Will the heat still work or more importantly will this lead to the heat feeling like it is on all the time? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
My 69 Dart was an AC/Heat car. As part of my restomod project I decided to strip the AC components off of the car. I am keeping the AC/heater box (which I refinished) because it mounts to the firewall properly, and the control and bezel on the dash are still correct. However, since all of the AC parts are gone under the hood, I am wondering what my options are for the heater hoses under the hood? The picture below shows the way that the heater hoses are routed (based on the set up with AC, but with all of the AC stuff obviously removed). They heater hoses are routed through the vacuum valve on the passenger side fender (left side of picture). There is also a small vacuum hose routed to a vacuum connection on the back of the intake manifold. There are three additional vacuum valves on the AC/heater box. My question is, can I eliminate the vacuum valve on the fender and run the heater hoses direct (like non-AC cars) and retain everything else under the dash? Will the heat still work or more importantly will this lead to the heat feeling like it is on all the time? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
