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This may be of help to someone else down the road, especially if you are retrofitting a later AC setup. Its also rough finding the orientation of brackets and bolts - even the way that the bolt goes through (nut on the inside or outside), ground wire placement, etc. Here's a couple of pics of the mounting brackets for a later 240 AC compressor.
The brackets on the 92 version are on the backside of the top mounts but cannot be that way on the 93 style as the rear ports are integrated to the housing and much closer to the compressors mounts. I also notice the top bracket is really tight on the ground wire at the front of the compressor - not crazy about it but is what it is. It seems the 93 were literal opposites/upside down to the 92's.
I have also found that in order to use a 93 AC system (the compressor with the 'rabbit ear' integrated ports), you must use the 93 specific mounting bracket (the same one the power steering sits on). The 92 and earlier bracket has a much wider / angled gusset that supports the PS pump so since the compressor is shorter and the ports are integrated on the body, the rear adjuster will be off and the hard line will hit the bracket.
The obviously different brackets (should also note that the bushings for the PS mount both go in from the front also) -
The 92 and earlier is the same PN form at least 86 to 92. So if you convert your 86+ to a 91-92, the bracket is the same. Its NLA new but a dime a dozen in the yards. The 93 is different for reasons explained and is still available new.
Hope this is of any help in the future. I make stupid ish like this because my projects are ones that are disassembled for months then put back together with a series of blonde moments as to how or where things go.
The brackets on the 92 version are on the backside of the top mounts but cannot be that way on the 93 style as the rear ports are integrated to the housing and much closer to the compressors mounts. I also notice the top bracket is really tight on the ground wire at the front of the compressor - not crazy about it but is what it is. It seems the 93 were literal opposites/upside down to the 92's.
I have also found that in order to use a 93 AC system (the compressor with the 'rabbit ear' integrated ports), you must use the 93 specific mounting bracket (the same one the power steering sits on). The 92 and earlier bracket has a much wider / angled gusset that supports the PS pump so since the compressor is shorter and the ports are integrated on the body, the rear adjuster will be off and the hard line will hit the bracket.
The obviously different brackets (should also note that the bushings for the PS mount both go in from the front also) -
The 92 and earlier is the same PN form at least 86 to 92. So if you convert your 86+ to a 91-92, the bracket is the same. Its NLA new but a dime a dozen in the yards. The 93 is different for reasons explained and is still available new.
Hope this is of any help in the future. I make stupid ish like this because my projects are ones that are disassembled for months then put back together with a series of blonde moments as to how or where things go.
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