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Yes I know what you're saying but what I'm saying is that I'm not a fanatical purist to the point where I can't live with the looks of a modern compressor if it will work on 6 volts. It would absolutely be great if a guy could find a case that he could modify with modern guts but I'm too old to wait on one to show up at my door. I would rather paint a modern compressor black and stick a "Frigidare" decal on it and pretend it's original. the old compressors were huge and took up a lot of room and I'm not particularly crazy about the way they mounted on the straight 8's anyway but if that's the only place they can mount because of the trans cooler then that's where I'll put it. The V-8 compressor and bracket are clean and considering what was available in the day, the sraight 8 location isn't really that bad either.
Posted on: 2013/1/24 18:20
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That looks like a late 60's to mid 70's Ford Idler pulley on the V-8
Posted on: 2013/1/24 18:25
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Is that a Nordstrom bracket and is there another site for info? If Nordstrom, it looks to be a different compressor bkt than he shows on a Stude site as used on Golden Hawks. On Hawks he puts the compressor where the generator would normally go. That one above is nice because it doesn't bolt to the thermostat hsng.
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Posted on: 2013/1/24 18:59
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Nothing much to go on Howard but I did find a few more photos. All 5 were posted at a site called Packard Engineering Discussion Group. Link included. http://packardengineering.multiply.com/photos/album/7/1956-Packard-Air-Conditioning# Attach file: ![]() ![]()
Posted on: 2013/1/24 20:11
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Thanks. It does look like Nordstrom's bracket slightly changed and turned upside down from the Stude application. I see the photos appear to have been posted by Yesterday's Radio. Perhaps Jerry has more information.
Posted on: 2013/1/24 20:30
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Back to 6v blower motros and AC clutches for a momment:
Someone mentioned shimming a 12v AC clutch to allow 6v operation. That mite be an excellent work-around, i don't know. IIRC there is an 'air gap' specified for AC clutches that the shimming mite compromise and thus compromise some other functionality of the clutch. More research would be needed. HOWEVER, with all of the various jerry rigging discussed over the years noone that i can remeber has ever brought up the possibility of rewinding the clutch coil for 6v windings. Ditto for the blower motors. Rewinding of coils (armature, fields, etc) is not something i am (NOT) proficient enuf at to advise. But i KNOW it CAN be done. Very popular during the hobby slot car era of the 1960's and 1970's there were many home-brew slot car racers that did rewinds on motor armatures. i think they rewound for something 10v instead of the standard 12v of the slot car rage. Mura slot car motors is one that i recall from memmory.
Posted on: 2013/1/24 20:52
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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[quote]Back to 6v blower motros and AC clutches for a momment:
Someone mentioned shimming a 12v AC clutch to allow 6v operation. That mite be an excellent work-around, i don't know. IIRC there is an 'air gap' specified for AC clutches that the shimming mite compromise and thus compromise some other functionality of the clutch. More research would be needed. HOWEVER, with all of the various jerry rigging discussed over the years noone that i can remeber has ever brought up the possibility of rewinding the clutch coil for 6v windings. Ditto for the blower motors.[quote] Keep those options on the back burner for now. A 6 volt compressor clutch source is apparently still a myth but I'm not finished with the search yet. On the blower motors. Fasco Motor responded and informed me that they are no longer supplying the 6 volt DC dual shaft motors that I inquired about but provided me with a contact in Canada that may be able to help. I will make that contact at first opportunity. Meanwhile, I found these folks: http://www.dcm-mfg.com/pages/about.php They list 6 volt DC dual shaft and single shaft heater/blower motors on the site but the response I got back when I inquired was rather interesting. Evidently they do not stock them but will manufacture them if the demand is there. The guys name is Fred and I explained to him that he was in a position to be the sole source provider and that he would have the market sewn up. This is his response. Hi Gary, we currently supply some 6 volt axial radiator fans to a couple of customers. I'm sure we could supply a 6 volt dual shaft motor. If we were to do so, I would want to know the following: 1. How many per year could I sell? 2. target retail price? 3. multiple speeds? 4. single speed a non-starter? 5. overall length from shaft end to shaft end 6. max amp draw from blower motor allowed, with headlights and other draw on the generator. Thanks, Fred. I told him I didn't have most of the answers but that these motors didn't vary a whole lot from around 1940 to 1955 and that he could probably satisfy the needs of just about every make of car from this era with one universal dual shaft and one universal single shaft motor as long as the shaft diameters were at least 1/4" and were long enough that they could be "cut to fit". I also told him they needed to be multiple 2 or 3 speed motors.
Posted on: 2013/1/25 14:43
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That is too bad about the motor. The cynical side of me says I wouldn't hold my breath there will be enough volume to get the manufacturing guy's attention very long -- but we can hope.
Going along with Keith's question on rewinding, I wonder if this or a place like it could or would redo a standard 12v dual shaft for a reasonable price. Guess it would depend on the type and construction of motor.http://jpintoweb.com/Home_Page.php
Posted on: 2013/1/25 15:01
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AFAIK blower motors are PERMANANT magnet electric motors which would only require an armature rewind. Again, i am no expert on this rewinding. But as i remember the rewinding of armatures (sot car motors 12v perm mag) was often rewound in rather simple home basement type hobby shops.
DIY reweinding mite not be for everyone but i would conjecture that rewinding is rather lite bench work requireing inexpensive special tools, a few a best and perhaps none. IIRC the rewound slut car motors were somewhat short life. Perhaps reducing service life by about 20%. Something i would consider realistic. Bottom line: IT mite be faster,easier and cheaper in the long run and short to DIY ones own rewind of a motor rather than trying to beg some fat vendor to import some from China-Rica.
Posted on: 2013/1/25 18:19
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VAPOR LOCK demystified: See paragraph SEVEN of PMCC documentaion as listed in post #11 of the following thread:f
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