Alfetta GTV air-con compressor replacement?

[colcol]

Don't use a Sanden compressor from a 33, as they are very small, due to the left hand side carby's  getting in the way of fitting a longer compressor, they are if i remember a Sandon 503, which were also fitted to Daihatsu Charades... make sure you get the right drive pulley as some of the new ones have a ribbed pulley for a serpentine belt and try and get the right vee pulley that matches the crankshaft pulley which sometimes looks the same but isn't, Colin.

[DomenicC1]

Thanks for the useful information everyone! I will see how I go and let you all know the outcome.

Regards
Domenic

[John A Pucak]

my compressor model is 8908, and it runs on 134A gas

[prova]

Hi Domenic i took the aircon system off my 1985 Alfetta GTV a couple of years ago if I can find it you can have it if it helps you out? Should have the brackets, etc. I can have a look tomorrow. I am located near Geelong.

All the best, Ren.

[DomenicC1]

Hi Ren,

What type of air con system did you remove from your 85 GTV? I would assume it would still have the York type compressor.

[prova]

Yeah not sure mate will try and remember to have a look tomorrow - sorry but I forgot today. Hope I've still got it all!

[prova]

Sorry Domenic but I can't find the old air con system have had a good hunt around but I fear it ended up as scrap.

[DomenicC1]

No problem at all...appreciate you looking and thanks for letting me know!

[AikenDrum105]

Hi Domenic,

I had the York in my GTV6 changed over for a Sanden (I don't have a record of which compressor it was,  but it was a generic item with the pulley swapped over) 
As has been said - this did reduce the vibration and load of the York compressor - and made the car a smidge cooler - but in summer sitting in traffic - it really struggled...

Having the windows tinted made quite a difference,  but the front and rear glass really acts like a greenhouse.

Have a look on the Alfabb for the 'tropicaire' mods some of the US Alfetta's had - I believe it's an extra evaporator / fan and ducting in side the car.  if you're regassing anyway - might not be hard to track down the internal bits from a US car and fit ?    I had intended to go down that path but other cars came along instead

Hope that helps a little...

[aggie57]

Am I dreaming or are the cars with black interiors hotter than the one with tan?  They certainly feel it.....

Oh, I have a Sanden compressor off a 75 in my garage if that helps.  Along with the bracket from a 75 but reckon that won't be much use