Air Conditioning my pete

[Cossett]

Hi Mike, I can see by the big simile on the front of the truck (last pic) it really appreciates the A?C in it hope the driver feels the same ways

Cheers Tracy

[Straywolf]

Originally Posted by sneaky-pete

Mike that a/c unit is cool....I love the detail!
Your driver will enjoy the cold air,it's been HOT here in Texas.

Thank you, yes it has been really HOT here,i went outside to paint the ac and before i went in it was almost dry,supposed to be 107 degrees here today.

Originally Posted by Cossett

Hi Mike, I can see by the big simile on the front of the truck (last pic) it really appreciates the A?C in it hope the driver feels the same ways

Cheers Tracy

Hi Tracy, yep the ole girl is really happy with the ac so far,and i am too. It's been a fun build,today i will start running the plumbing for the unit and i am gonna have to figure out some kind of strap for the ac lines, was thinking of using some styrene to make the brackets with, cause it will be easier for me to bend and shape them.

More pics to come soon.

Mike

[Straywolf]

Originally Posted by SANDCRAFT TRANSPORT

Hi Mike this is what I did for the straps.
I used some H/D copper wire & flattened it out between 2 bit of steel (to give the strap affect) then bent the sides to put through the holes in back of the C510 cab & will superglue to the inside of cab after painting.
You can see a hole where one has been taken out, hope this photo helps.
Tim

Hi Tim, this helps me out a whole bunch, i would have never thought of copper wire for the brackets and thanks for taking one out to see the hole.

Mike

[Straywolf]

Well got the plumbing and electrical done for ac unit, i used a solid copper electrical wire (awg 12 ) for the ac lines and i used telephone wire for the electrical. Oh and i used Tech-Tron 3/32" black heat shrink on wire to give it the insulated look. Just gotta get headache rack back on but here is pics of it finally

Mike

Here is a shot of the plumbing no straps yet.


The next 3 are the shots of plumbing with the straps.