classicretrofit Posted January 20, 2024 Posted January 20, 2024 Compressor Install For flexibility, compressor brackets are supplied loose. Simple assembly instructions are included in Appendix H If you connected the battery to test the blower, please disconnect it again. Please note that if you are making your own compressor mount, the compressor MUST be mounted the correct way up. The flat lid is the TOP. Mounting the compressor on its side or inverted will shorten it’s life due to oil starvation. Compressor Install (LHD / Smuggler’s box) Before installing the compressor, locate a suitable electrical earth point in the smuggler’s box. The earth point should ideally be an M8 stud and be taken back to shiny metal. We are not kidding, this earth and the other earths in the car need to be excellent. Prepare the top plate with a strip of foam tape underneath where it will rest on the edges of the smugglers box. Do the same for the clamps where they contact the underside of the lip. Fix top plate loosely to cradle so it can slide fore and aft. Position in smugglers box allowing enough room for at the front of the compressor for hose attachment. The compressor should not be touching any metal work in the smuggler’s box. Tighten the top plate fastenings when you are happy with the fore/aft position.
classicretrofit Posted January 20, 2024 Author Posted January 20, 2024 The clamps are used to secure the compressor cradle. It is probably best to do the final clamp down after the hoses have been fitted (as you may want to lift the compressor to attach the fittings). If the hoses are routed in the direction of the steering column, then the smuggler’s box lid can be fitted and closed over the top. There is also scope to put the drier in the smuggler’s box on a LHD car:
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