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Rob McLellan and his mechanic, Don, started the installation of the Classic Auto Air "Perfect Fit" aftermarket AC system on his non AC equipped 430 1960 Squarebird yesterday. Rob said he will be making detailed notes and taking pix as they go to document the install. First an overview of parts that I was able to locate for him. We want to thank Carl Heller ~ partsetal, John Pizzi ~ jopizz, Ken Harkema, Jim Dottling, John Draxler ~ Tbird Ranch, Steve & Dwight at CAA, and others who assisted us in determining what parts were needed and in helping us find them.
I was never able to locate an EDJ-2882-B York mounting bracket off a 1959-1960 Squarebird from any used parts dealers. I did find two, but they were not for sale because they are going to be used by the owners for their own AC conversion on their 430 equipped Squarebird. However, one was able to send me detailed pictures of what their EDJ-2882-B mounting bracket looks like. I was able to find an XE-48002 York mounting bracket off a 1958 Lincoln 430 equipped parts car! After comparing the EDJ-2882-B to the XE-48002 it was determined that they were identical to each other, and Rob bought it, cleaned it up, painted it and will use it in his install. The only difference is a different version of the L shaped mounting bracket, but it should work. The one that had not been painted yet is the XE-48002 mounting bracket and it is stamped as such, though you cannot see the stamping in these pix. The stamping is right below the L bracket, which covers part of it.
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While the hunt for the mounting bracket was going on, I was also looking for the AC water pump pulleys required to make this conversion. Apparently, at some point in 1960, Ford put out some AC Installation Instructions, I.S.-359-D, and a kit on upgrading a non AC 430 Squarebird to an AC equipped 430 one. Included in that kit for the 430 were a new, smaller, 6" double sheave water pump pulley, an add-on 6 3/4" compressor drive single sheave water pump pulley, new fan spacer, and the five bladed cooling fan. Notice the smaller diameter size of the 2 groove WP pulley compared to the Non AC WP pulley, and the slightly larger size of the single groove AC WP pulley.
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Disregard the two broken X's..
Luckily, I was able to find those components through Carl Heller ~ partsetal here on the Forum. No one else had them! Rob has ordered a 6 bladed fan for better cooling, although he has a dual pusher fan mounted in front of the aftermarket radiator he has had installed. That pusher fan may be removed out of necessity, or replaced with a single pusher fan. As for the spacer, they will attempt to use the OEM one they have on the car, but know that they have a shorter one available to them should they need it.
So, we are at the point where the install is beginning, as Don and Rob go about unpacking parts, and start scoping out how and where they are installed. As they progress, I will add the comments and pix they send me to this so we can see how they go about installing this CAA AC system on his '60 430MEL engine.
I was never able to locate an EDJ-2882-B York mounting bracket off a 1959-1960 Squarebird from any used parts dealers. I did find two, but they were not for sale because they are going to be used by the owners for their own AC conversion on their 430 equipped Squarebird. However, one was able to send me detailed pictures of what their EDJ-2882-B mounting bracket looks like. I was able to find an XE-48002 York mounting bracket off a 1958 Lincoln 430 equipped parts car! After comparing the EDJ-2882-B to the XE-48002 it was determined that they were identical to each other, and Rob bought it, cleaned it up, painted it and will use it in his install. The only difference is a different version of the L shaped mounting bracket, but it should work. The one that had not been painted yet is the XE-48002 mounting bracket and it is stamped as such, though you cannot see the stamping in these pix. The stamping is right below the L bracket, which covers part of it.
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While the hunt for the mounting bracket was going on, I was also looking for the AC water pump pulleys required to make this conversion. Apparently, at some point in 1960, Ford put out some AC Installation Instructions, I.S.-359-D, and a kit on upgrading a non AC 430 Squarebird to an AC equipped 430 one. Included in that kit for the 430 were a new, smaller, 6" double sheave water pump pulley, an add-on 6 3/4" compressor drive single sheave water pump pulley, new fan spacer, and the five bladed cooling fan. Notice the smaller diameter size of the 2 groove WP pulley compared to the Non AC WP pulley, and the slightly larger size of the single groove AC WP pulley.
430TbirdWaterPumpPulleys-Painted-3.jpgDisregard the two broken X's..Luckily, I was able to find those components through Carl Heller ~ partsetal here on the Forum. No one else had them! Rob has ordered a 6 bladed fan for better cooling, although he has a dual pusher fan mounted in front of the aftermarket radiator he has had installed. That pusher fan may be removed out of necessity, or replaced with a single pusher fan. As for the spacer, they will attempt to use the OEM one they have on the car, but know that they have a shorter one available to them should they need it.
So, we are at the point where the install is beginning, as Don and Rob go about unpacking parts, and start scoping out how and where they are installed. As they progress, I will add the comments and pix they send me to this so we can see how they go about installing this CAA AC system on his '60 430MEL engine.
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