tx_pwp5
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- Austin, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 4 inches
- Tire Size
- 31x10.50
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I am shooting for the second gen condenser. Like my 2.8 had the compressor on the DS (same as my 302 will be) so for the first gen setup I would have a hose going from the evaporator to the condenser, then another hose coming out of the condenser and wrapping around the back of the engine coming up to the compressor and then another hose coming out of the compressor, wrapping around the back of the engine again back over to the evaporator.
With the second gen the condenser-to-compressor pipe right in front of the compressor so you lose one of the hoses looping around the back of the engine. Cleaner looking install and fewer variables for those of us that are not stock and will probably have to make our own hoses.
So far I only have the harness and the half of the A/C box I didn't mangle trying to fit with my tall valve covers. For the generic Sandon compressors we upgrade tractors to at work I think it just says with the compressor how much oil, not really caring what color tractor it is going in. I will have to pay more attention to that.
You brought up a good point that made me realize something about all of my posts...
I should stress that I used most of the donor parts out of a 1st gen 2.9 bronco II, and I'm swapping these into an 87 2.9 ranger . I've been referencing 1st gens and second gens while glancing over the fact that there are differences between the 2.8 gen 1, the 2.9 gen 1 and the 2.9 gen 2.
The A/C systems in the 2.8 could vary drastically, or almost none at all, so anyone reading these posts please keep that in mind when doing your own retrofit.
The only thing I didn't use out of that Bronco II was the compressor and the fittings for it, which came out of a 90 or so 2.9 gen 2 that still had pressure in it. I compared the fittings on the end of the hoses that connect to the compressor on both trucks, and they are identical, as is the plug for the harness so hopefully I'll be good. The harness is from the bronco. Oh and I also used the brackets from the gen 2 as well but they are also the same from what I could tell.
So for anyone reading this, in my previous posts I am comparing only the 2.9 gen 1s and 2s, and have no knowledge of the 2.8s
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