By Nick
Air supply for tools, tires, air lockers, balloons....I researched for about 9 months before I did this. The owner of Kilbey Enterprises makes brackets for many kinds of vehicles including the Dodge V10, but no one makes brackets for the Dodge 360 or 318 so I made my own.
Finding an Air Conditioning Compressor:
First I found a York 210 from a donor 1980 Volvo sedan. I pulled all the brackets and as much hose as possible. Be careful when removing the compressor because the system may still be pressurized. Check the clutch by connecting the battery to the only wire on the compressor and grounding the compressor. You should here it click. After cutting the hoses put your
thumb over either hose and turn the pulley with the clutch engaged - you should a suction or pressurization. If the compressor seems OK, take it home. I paid $25 for mine from a junkyard. A rebuild kit is not worth the expense because
they can cost up to $200 - just find another $25 compressor. For York compressor information, the OnBoardAir.com site has identification info and service manuals online.
MY York 210 cleaned up for installation
Compressor Installation
I needed to find a place to mount it. The most obvious choice to me was next to the alternator. I got the idea from seeing a super charger installed on a Dodge.
To begin the design process, I pulled the alternator (bracket photo on left) and used some of the stock bracket to make my own. I had to make two brackets - one to mount to the alternator (NO.1 - photos on the right) and another to mount the AC (No.2).
Bracket NO. 2 is not a guarded military secret, I simply got wrapped up in work and forgot to take pics of it.
While the alternator was out of the truck, I installed a w/ serpentine combination pulley from Onboardair.com. I got the 9 groove pulley, which had a lip on the back that had to be ground for clearance. An 8 groove pulley would not work for me and I ran around town for about 2 days trying to get the right pulley. The left photo shows the pulley on the alternator, the right photo shows the alternator with the new pulley installed on the
engine with bracket NO 1.
Any way it looks really clean. In the photos the belt has flipped off of the V-pulley - I didn't realize it when I took the pic. I adjusted the compressor and the belt stays on the pulley now.
Air supply for tools, tires, air lockers, balloons....I researched for about 9 months before I did this. The owner of Kilbey Enterprises makes brackets for many kinds of vehicles including the Dodge V10, but no one makes brackets for the Dodge 360 or 318 so I made my own.
Finding an Air Conditioning Compressor:
First I found a York 210 from a donor 1980 Volvo sedan. I pulled all the brackets and as much hose as possible. Be careful when removing the compressor because the system may still be pressurized. Check the clutch by connecting the battery to the only wire on the compressor and grounding the compressor. You should here it click. After cutting the hoses put your
thumb over either hose and turn the pulley with the clutch engaged - you should a suction or pressurization. If the compressor seems OK, take it home. I paid $25 for mine from a junkyard. A rebuild kit is not worth the expense because
they can cost up to $200 - just find another $25 compressor. For York compressor information, the OnBoardAir.com site has identification info and service manuals online.
MY York 210 cleaned up for installation
Compressor Installation
I needed to find a place to mount it. The most obvious choice to me was next to the alternator. I got the idea from seeing a super charger installed on a Dodge.
To begin the design process, I pulled the alternator (bracket photo on left) and used some of the stock bracket to make my own. I had to make two brackets - one to mount to the alternator (NO.1 - photos on the right) and another to mount the AC (No.2).
Bracket NO. 2 is not a guarded military secret, I simply got wrapped up in work and forgot to take pics of it.
While the alternator was out of the truck, I installed a w/ serpentine combination pulley from Onboardair.com. I got the 9 groove pulley, which had a lip on the back that had to be ground for clearance. An 8 groove pulley would not work for me and I ran around town for about 2 days trying to get the right pulley. The left photo shows the pulley on the alternator, the right photo shows the alternator with the new pulley installed on the
engine with bracket NO 1.
Any way it looks really clean. In the photos the belt has flipped off of the V-pulley - I didn't realize it when I took the pic. I adjusted the compressor and the belt stays on the pulley now.