'68 air conditioning

[histoy]

I need a picture or pictures showing the routing of the air conditioning lines under the hood of a '68 Charger R/T.  The car is going together, and I'm not sure that the ones we have are correct.  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide...Brian

[8WHEELER]

I have posted 68 AC pics before but I can't find them on the site, I must not be doing a very good search.

Anyway here are a few 68 440 AC Pics.

Dan

[histoy]

Thanks Dan.  Those pictures will be a BIG help to me.   Have a great weekend....Brian

[Paul 500]

Once again good pics Dan, have you got a pic of what the throttle return spring goes too on a 68 440 car. On my 68 i've got this large bracket on top of the inlet manifold that the compressor bolts to, most cars i've seen have a different bracket.
I've got these pics of throttle return brackets, whats right for 68 & where does it go ?
Thanks

[71440charger]

good looking motor

[8WHEELER]

Once again good pics Dan, have you got a pic of what the throttle return spring goes too on a 68 440 car. On my 68 i've got this large bracket on top of the inlet manifold that the compressor bolts to, most cars i've seen have a different bracket.
I've got these pics of throttle return brackets, whats right for 68 & where does it go ?
Thanks

Sweet motor, the top bracket is correct for 68, it bolts to the compressor.

Dan

[Paul 500]

One last question, where does it go ?
Heres a pic of the back of my compressor, am i missing a bracket it goes on or does it go where that bottom bolt is in that square bit, as this bolt looks like its been out a one time.

[8WHEELER]

I have never had an AC car, but I have seen a picture of where the bracket goes, but I can't
seem to find it, but I thought it was near the bottom.

I will keep looking

Dan

[mmcquay]

I realize this initial thread is 8 years old at this point, but so far it has been the most helpful thread I've found while trying to figure out what the correct a/c brackets for a 1968 B body look like (in this case a Charger), so for documentation's sake I'm going to add some more pictures to it.

Can't remember where this first picture came from.  Probably from forbbodiesonly.com.

[mmcquay]

This next series of 5 photos came from the following thread on forbbodiesonly.com


http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?18569-1968-440-Engine-Complete&highlight=68+compressor

[mmcquay]

5th pic

[mmcquay]

All the following comments are concerning big block engines...more specifically, the 440.

I've spent hours reading forums and looking at pictures the last few days and think I have a pretty good idea what the '68 A/C brackets I need look like.

And I've figured out '68 and '69 big block A/C brackets are definitely different.  And the compressor sits in the car differently.

What initially started me on this quest is the fact that I've always had a problem with not enough clearance between my power steering pump and my A/C compressor.  The PS cap actually touched the bottom of the ac compressor.  20 years ago, I solved this problem by taking a hacksaw and cutting one the ears of the PS cap.

After all my research, I've figured out I've got a '68 power steering pump and bracket, with '69 A/C brackets (front and rear brackets).

On a '68 big block, the a/c compressor sits very un-level in the car.  That is, the driver's side compressor head sits much higher than the passenger side compressor head.

On a '69 big block, the a/c compressor sits level in the car.  That is, the top of the compressor heads are at the same elevation.


Below is a '68 compressor followed by a '69 compressor:

[mmcquay]

So in my case, I'm going to have to track down all four A/C brackets for a '68 440 (front and back brackets and both tubular side brackets).

And maybe the clutch/pulley as well.  Most of the pics I've seen show the '68 with a clutch/pulley that steps down to a significantly smaller diameter in the front (mine doesn't).