Years ago - I pulled out my old Sears under-dash AC system and I plan to have a new system installed from scratch. What design and source is recommended? The car, with a 318 came from the factory with no AC.
My Classic Auto Air install video isn’t real detailed, but just an overall of what I did to resolve some of the small problems.
CAA was excellent about support when the expansion valve was bad right out of the box.
They had a new valve here in 3 days.
The support guy I dealt with Steve, was friendly, helpful and always available.
In my case I got the Perfect Fit Series that comes with the lower pulley.
The system only involved the compressor, lower pulley and idler, so no squeaking belt problems at all.
As far as the controls go I opted to completely remove the slide controls and order only the control knobs, then make my own panel to match my dash and gauge pod face with carbon fiber.
Modding the original controls with plastic add ons just seemed sketchy to me.
My kit didn’t involve the inner or outer fender at all, and the premade hoses fit absolutely perfectly.
I had a small problem with spacers for mounting the compressor, but that was easily solved.