[70RAlll]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Do you have a part number for the NAPA $79 compressor. Their website prices start at $249.

I found a couple for $199.00 on the website..Look up 1973 Chev Truck or 1980 Buick Wagon.. These off the path vehicles will be cheaper. Plus, NAPA has 2-3 different options for compressors. One is a standard 2 year warranty, the 6 month warranty is enough and is the cheaper unit..If NAPA cannot find one using their computer, ask for their compressor book. Then look up compressors by picture. You will find a page or two of A6's at various prices- you will have to rattle off part numbers while they look up prices.....A6's seem to go bad almost immediately if they are going to..Also, even if you spend a couple hundred, you will get a non leaking unit that will be better.. Did you use the correct viscosity of oil? Plus did you clean out the dryer and muffler??They need to be both newly cleaned inside with new dissectant installed..

[njsteve]

Muffler cleaned put and a brand new receiver dryer, and filled with correct modern oil for use in R12 units, after draining unknown amount of prexisting oil in compressor. System works fine (and has for a month or so since being filled). It just leaves the oil film under the hood. When it was filled, the pressures were well within midrange of the spec and nowhere near the max. If I recall correctly, he filled it to the point where the bubbles in the sight glass just disappeared, which was less than the actual fill spec. I was behind the wheel at the time checking the outlet temps.

As an added bonus, the oil was dispersing on the exact same plane as the power steering pulley groove on the crank pulley...so you guessed it - extra squeeling from the power steering belt. Its definitely the ps belt as I removed all the belts to isolate the squeel and that was the only belt that made the noise.

[70RAlll]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Muffler cleaned put and a brand new receiver dryer, and filled with correct modern oil for use in R12 units, after draining unknown amount of prexisting oil in compressor. System works fine (and has for a month or so since being filled). It just leaves the oil film under the hood. When it was filled, the pressures were well within midrange of the spec and nowhere near the max. If I recall correctly, he filled it to the point where the bubbles in the sight glass just disappeared, which was less than the actual fill spec. I was behind the wheel at the time checking the outlet temps.

As an added bonus, the oil was dispersing on the exact same plane as the power steering pulley groove on the crank pulley...so you guessed it - extra squeeling from the power steering belt. Its definitely the ps belt as I removed all the belts to isolate the squeel and that was the only belt that made the noise.

Yea Steve...you need to get that leak fixed...

[njsteve]

I tightened the PS belt and it stopped squeeling. :-)
The A/C is still working fine and blowing at 37 degrees. I'll live with the oil spatter till it stops cooling so well. My 72 T/A did the same seal oiling thing for several years and the cooling was never affected.

[njsteve]

Today's question involves the factory trim clips for the body side moldings. These are the moldings with the rubber insert that run along the middle of the fender, door and quarter to deflect other cars' doors.

I was lucky enough to pick up an NOS fender piece off ebay and it actually had the factory clips in the package! Now I need to find some duplicates for the rest of the car since someone, along the way replaced them with push in plastic clips that don't hold the trim securely enough against the body.

Does anyone have an idea of where I can get some more of the correct clips?

Here's some close ups of the NOS factory clip:









The shiny gold clip is close but not close enough to work properly. When mounted into the back of the trim piece, you can see that because the retaining wire is not mounted in the same spot, it moves the stud off of center where it needs to be to mount correctly on the car: