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1957 Aftermarket a/c condenser access

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My a/c condenser has refrigerant leaks from the connections, likely the O rings based on the visible dye on it. The condenser is mounted in front of the radiator.

Would the best way to access the aftermarket a/c condenser be to remove the grill?

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TbirdFan76 said:
My a/c condenser has refrigerant leaks from the connections, likely the O rings based on the visible dye on it. The condenser is mounted in front of the radiator.

Would the best way to access the aftermarket a/c condenser be to remove the grill?
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From what I've seen RRing the grill is a lot of work and it may not give you the access you want to the connectors. Another option is to get to them by reverse of how the condenser's are usually installed. It will depend somewhat on how they mounted the condenser but what I would do is remove the radiator, which is very easy to do, and then, depending on how they mounted the condenser, you will need to loosen four bolts to slip the mounts out and then you can position it to get to the hose connections. It might be that you have to remove the round access cover that's down below the grill and get your hand/wrench up there to remove bolts if they bolted the condenser mounting in from that side in a way different them I've seen these done. It's also possible that you need to remove the other ends of the hoses to get enough free play in the hoses to move things to where you can get to the ones that are leaking. I made a video of the process when I installed AC on my 57. You can watch it and you'll get a good idea of how the condenser is commonly mounted. You'll see that on mine I probably could get to the hose connectors once the radiator is out. If you do decide to go at it by taking the grill out please come back and let us know how that went.
 
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