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On 21 Feb 2001, at 16:55, PunkDork55@aol.com wrote: > well, if it was a butcher job, how much work would have to be done to remove > the a/c and repair the "modified" parts? I had a type 1 karmann ghia with > a/c that looked like a dealer option or factory. on the t3, if you pull out > the radiator, the condenser, the hoses and lines, the under-dash unit... > whats left? could you just replace the parts they put holes in? it would > really depend on how the job was done. also, how much extra work load is put > on the engine by having the a/c, even if its not on? how much cooling is > lost? Sure, it can be removed. The only hard part is sealing the holes that were punched in the body to run the Freon lines in and out. There will be a bunch of mounting holes for the condensor and hoses and under-dash unit, but many of these can be ignored; you should seal any that penetrate from outside to inside. The steel intake pulley housing should be replaced with a good one. There is little extra work load on the engine if the A/C is off. The problem is that the time you will choose to turn the A/C on is when the heat load on the engine is also high. I don't know how to quantify the extra heat load on the engine, but Russ has already confirmed that A/C type 3s had shorter engine lifetimes than those without A/C. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org