I'm curious if any of you have done this? I have the 2.5L and the cali summer is coming soon.
I'm assuming I would need at the minimum:
AC compressor + hardware, HVAC panel
condenser, dryer/evaporator, lines

 

I did that a while back ,to my father in laws truck and there was a peace of the wiring harness under the hood that i had to put in for it to work.I think it was three wires that went from the drivers side to the passengers side.

 

Do you have any more details? Where did you get the equipment from?

 

I just got back from the pick and pull and got almost all the stuff I need. It's looking like I'm gonna have to flip this compressor over, as it came from the v-6... I'm still in the planning stages tho.

Has any one else done this??

 

Did you get all of the a/c wiring harness from under the hood.

 

I got as much as I could (leading into the ECM/ECU harness) I got the relay and all the connectors... to the compressor and (i'm guessing) the low press switch.

It's all from a 97, and from what I could tell right off the batt, I'll (obviously) need a way to activate it, and I have a a/c panel on order for that. The wiring doesn't bother me... I know that unless I add it, or activate it, I won't have the WOT cut-out switch, but I rarely go WOT anyhow.

When I lined it up, I will have to mount it upside down (connector facing the ground vs facing up) which is no biggie, except in that the lines will be swapped, so I may have to be creative and do some bending.

Now I'm wondering if I need to upgrade the truck's cooling system.

Does anyone have access to the Ford tech manuals?

 

I had to put an electric fan on the truck i did.

 

That's what I was figuring... any suggestions on a particular brand? I'm currently looking at summit.
Heck, if I can pull this off and get power doors/windows... my (yet to be concieved) kids might be driving this ranger someday! :p

 

Man, i'm curious if I should just return all this stuff and go for the ford parts counter...
the ford CD is talking about a "A/C pressure cut-off switch" yet, my lines don't have that... grrrr.

 

for anyone that's viewing this and not responding, I downloaded the service manual last night and it's pointing me in a better direction.

I still need to get either custom a/c lines made, or bite the bullet and buy them from ford... at a reduced price, of course :D