Leyland Car Owners - Air conditioner in my P76 six

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006
: Hi Adrian,
: I've been snowballed with uni assignments of recent and I did promise to get back to you about the airconditioner in my vehicle.

: Basically I have installed an underdash unit that is mounted on the passenger side (I had to cut away the parcel tray shelf to accommodate).

: The location of the alternator has been altered and is now replaced by a Sanden Compressor 508 from memory and is attached with a larger bolt with shims to suit and to take up the slack.

: A special bracket has been manufactured using 10mm steel plate and measured to provide the correct hight and angle for the compressor tension.
: The bolt needs to be minimom 7.5" Grade 5 or 8.

: A swing bracket is then used to mount the alternator with a tensioning bracket coming from the front to hold alternator in position.

: Fan belt for the alternator need to be fitted onto compressor prior to fitting / securing.

: When I installed my unit I noticed the fanbelt driving the alternator was rubbing against the botton radiator water outlet pipe, one can either use a smaller fanbelt or somehow move the radiator to the East a fraction if
: space allows...this means removing the unit and drilling additional holes.

: At this point in time I have removed the aircon compressor from my car as I'm chasing a smaller fanbelt and chasing a larger bolt , 7" bolt is not long enough and I'm not convinced that the threaded pipe used in the
: building industry is strong enough tensile wise to use.

: I hope this may help you to some degree.

: Cheers.
: Peter

Leyland P76 Owners 2006

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Air conditioner in my P76 six

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