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Title: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR
Post by: COBRAJET on November 29, 2024, 11:06:40 PM: 1969 428 C/J WITH FACTORY A/C IS THE COMPRESSOR A CAST IRON VERSION OR THE ALUMINUM VERSION . THANKS
Title: Re: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR
Post by: Bob Gaines on November 29, 2024, 11:36:24 PM: Quote from: COBRAJET on November 29, 2024, 11:06:40 PM
1969 428 C/J WITH FACTORY A/C IS THE COMPRESSOR A CAST IRON VERSION OR THE ALUMINUM VERSION . THANKS
If it is a Dearborn car then I can say with a high confidence level that it is a cast iron Tecumseh.
Title: Re: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR
Post by: COBRAJET on November 30, 2024, 02:34:57 PM: SAN HOSE
Title: Re: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR
Post by: carlite65 on November 30, 2024, 03:32:17 PM: please turn off the caps. not necessary.
Title: Re: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR
Post by: J_Speegle on December 05, 2024, 08:56:17 PM: Quote from: COBRAJET on November 30, 2024, 02:34:57 PM
SAN HOSE

San Jose ;D

Not so sure that the type of compressor was related to the engine size or type but more likely IMO what company typically supplied a particular car assembly plant. Because of that we might have a better or more accurate idea if we knew when your car was built/completed at San Jose.

Of course a lot of R codes were built with 4 speeds so no AC but there is are pictures of a AC equipped in the 69 Unrestored Picture Thread section titled 69 SJ R code Mach I - Unrestored Picture Thread that shows a cast iron Tecumseh compressor. April built car