Re: Packard w Factory Air-Conditioning
Posted by HH56 On 2020/5/29 18:49:44
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I do not know if Jim or Mr Price converted the AC to a newer compressor that allows the use of a clutch which provides better control of the AC and prevents having to remove and replace the AC belt with the change of seasons.
Looks a lot like a cast iron Tecumseh compressor in the photo and fairly appropriate for a "modern" substitution. Ford used them thru the 70s but even those are starting to get expensive and hard to find parts for. Definitely less in your face than a Sanden which is on a Clipper Jim used to own. Does the belt fit the groove on the fan pulley properly or can you tell if the fan pulley and particularly the AC groove on the fan pulley is stock or could it possibly be custom made for the compressor?
According to the number that belt is 1/2" wide. The groove on my repro fan pulley which was made by a guy who Jim put me in touch with an eon ago is supposed to be a copy of the prewar pulley and requires a belt width of 7/8".
Just wondering if he might have had the same guy make him a custom narrower width pulley. I easily found a wide groove clutch (large diesel truck application) for my modern Sanden compressor but it was a challenge finding a 7/8 wide off the shelf belt in a short enough length to fit between the fan pulley and the compressor when it was mounted in the stock location. Even with the shortest belt I had to move the compressor outward a bit.
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