My "Vintage air" parallel condensor w/ spal Fan and housing arrived today. Also my new polished aluminum Drier. I'll post some pics.
14x20 $199 for condensor.
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Lots of mounting points.
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Polished Drier with replaceable filter.
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Mounting allens
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Another angle $89 bucks
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You are going to be one cool dude. You got the right stuff. My system seems to have lost a bit of 134a over the winter. ....Where did you get the dryer? Mine is just $20 and black.
I have that polished drier in my system also. There was a problem that was fairly easily solved and I called Jack @ Vintage Air and told them about it. I wonder if they fixed it. The problem was that, with the drier mounted on the passenger side of the condensor (the stock location) the inlet & outlet ports were on the wrong side so that the hoses would have to cross over the drier (or behind it) in order to mount them, (or the drier would have to be mounted upside down).
The fix involved taking the unit to a machine shop and having them drill and tap 2 new holes in the filter body. This way the filter part could be rotated 180 degrees so the inlet &outlet are on the correct side.
I used a small piece of aluminumflat stock that I polished to mount it in the stock location as seen in the picture.
Gary #06984
The fix involved taking the unit to a machine shop and having them drill and tap 2 new holes in the filter body. This way the filter part could be rotated 180 degrees so the inlet &outlet are on the correct side.
I used a small piece of aluminumflat stock that I polished to mount it in the stock location as seen in the picture.
Gary #06984
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Sweeeet setup! Thanks for the heads up on the flow direction. I'll have to look today to see if mine is that way. Thanks for the mounting plate you made up...I was wondering how I was gonna mount that one! Ha ha! I especially like your stainless hoses!
Sweeeet setup! Thanks for the heads up on the flow direction. I'll have to look today to see if mine is that way. Thanks for the mounting plate you made up...I was wondering how I was gonna mount that one! Ha ha! I especially like your stainless hoses!
quote:Originally posted by fordgt:
I also used the stock shroud w/ Pantera East's oversized condensor as seen in this picture. The fan is a Hayden that moves about 950 cfm. I am looking at Vintages Spal fan, I believe they claim it will move almost twice as much air.
Gary #06984
Straight fan blades move more air than curved blades, but straight blades are noiser.
Gary
Can you elaborate on what was needed to be done to the drier. What exactly did you have to do to get the "in" on the right side and "out" on left side?
Can you elaborate on what was needed to be done to the drier. What exactly did you have to do to get the "in" on the right side and "out" on left side?
quote:Originally posted by fordgt:
I have that polished drier in my system also. There was a problem that was fairly easily solved and I called Jack @ Vintage Air and told them about it. I wonder if they fixed it. The problem was that, with the drier mounted on the passenger side of the condensor (the stock location) the inlet & outlet ports were on the wrong side so that the hoses would have to cross over the drier (or behind it) in order to mount them, (or the drier would have to be mounted upside down).
The fix involved taking the unit to a machine shop and having them drill and tap 2 new holes in the filter body. This way the filter part could be rotated 180 degrees so the inlet &outlet are on the correct side.
I used a small piece of aluminumflat stock that I polished to mount it in the stock location as seen in the picture.
Gary #06984
Hey Emery
basically, you take the 2 top screws out and the replaceable drier comes off. if you rotate the body 180 degrees that puts the inlet and outlet on the correct side. the problem is the screws don't line up anymore. I took it to a machine shop who drilled the top without going all the way through and tapped them so the bolts would hold the pieces together.
hope thiis helps
Gary #06984
basically, you take the 2 top screws out and the replaceable drier comes off. if you rotate the body 180 degrees that puts the inlet and outlet on the correct side. the problem is the screws don't line up anymore. I took it to a machine shop who drilled the top without going all the way through and tapped them so the bolts would hold the pieces together.
hope thiis helps
Gary #06984
Thanks Gary..that cleared it up!
quote:Originally posted by hawaii:
My "Vintage air" parallel condensor w/ spal Fan and housing arrived today. Also my new polished aluminum Drier. I'll post some pics.
14x20 $199 for condensor.
Would you please tell me from where you ordered your A/C condenser and fans?
Thanks,
Steve
Steve
Got them from "Vintage Air"
http://www.vintageair.com/catalog.asp
Scroll down to #65 for the condensor and fan. It's very efficient for it's size and has many more rows of fins than stock. About half the weight as well. Comes as a complete unit and fits great. 12"x20" part#03500-OVA Just had to fab up one bracket. I used the stock top brackets and made one out of aluminum strap from Home depot for the bottom.
Hope that helps.
Got them from "Vintage Air"
http://www.vintageair.com/catalog.asp
Scroll down to #65 for the condensor and fan. It's very efficient for it's size and has many more rows of fins than stock. About half the weight as well. Comes as a complete unit and fits great. 12"x20" part#03500-OVA Just had to fab up one bracket. I used the stock top brackets and made one out of aluminum strap from Home depot for the bottom.
Hope that helps.
I am not an HVAC engineer by any means, but with the cost of R-22, one might consider, when replacing major AC components, using the o-ring style connectors instead of the flared.
The O-ring style are what are used on R-134 systems. You can never eliminate all of the flared fittings in the Pantera (expansion valve issue). By reducing the majority of the flares, if you should convert, it would be less prone to leakage. Just something to consider down the road.
The O-ring style are what are used on R-134 systems. You can never eliminate all of the flared fittings in the Pantera (expansion valve issue). By reducing the majority of the flares, if you should convert, it would be less prone to leakage. Just something to consider down the road.