Window Unit AC inside tool box?
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Window Unit AC inside tool box?
My 93 ranger has a fubarred AC and the quotes for total rebuild are 500-600$ which sucks, cause the trucks only worth 2k. I have a 600 watt power inverter and an old alloy toolbox. With some hillybilly engineering maybe a small widow ac unit could be locked in the tool box vented through the top and through sliding back glass. I have a rotozip so I can cut as many holes in the toolbox as need. The small ac's run about a hundred bucks with a remote. I'll have to check their wattage etc but thought this might be possible. the duct would attach slimlined to tinted plexiglass over the sliding window space so the window can be locked up when ole Betsy is parked. possible, maybe??
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Who really needs AC. Just tear out the compressor and give that horsepower back to your motor. The only reason I have AC is because it came on my used truck and works. If mine quits I wouldn't get it repaired. Your idea could probably be done just not sure if itz really gonna be worth the work. And I don't think your inverter is gonna be big enough.
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http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthre...5&page=1&pp=10
http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthre...5&page=1&pp=10
Last edited by V8 Level II; 07-08-2005 at 09:46 PM.
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That was a good link on the a/c install.
Pep boys add this week showed 2 different a/c units. I am gonna go buy there and look at them. I assume thety were 12 volt models, but they are designed as stand alone units. The price was $329 so there would be no $$ advantage to doing it over getting the engine mounted one repaired.
Pep boys add this week showed 2 different a/c units. I am gonna go buy there and look at them. I assume thety were 12 volt models, but they are designed as stand alone units. The price was $329 so there would be no $$ advantage to doing it over getting the engine mounted one repaired.
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Found my new ac, friggin awesome
Well, until i win the lottery and feel like pimpin my ranger with mucho dinero, i'm going with the Kooleraire 12 volt ac doomaflotchie. The most $ i may spend on this ole truck is for a set of 32,11,50's The Kooleraire thing fits on top or just inside of a 25 quart cooler and fans hot air over ice and cold beers to air condition the environment be it my truck cab, my honda at the drive-in theater, or in a tent. i'm still going to try to jerry rig with duct work in my toolbox, cause i may actually have a passenger in my truck, doubt it but possible!! I don't want the beers in the truck cab anyway cause i'd drink too much!!!! what a cool invention
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There's a sucker born every minute !!!!!!!!
At least I got a few laughs with a buddy of mine over this Kooleraire, 12 volt terd. Went and paid forty bucks for this fan thing that sits on top of the ice filled cooler. It totally sucks and it's going back tomorrow. I ran the thing in my cab for one hour and it did not chill squat. The ads of course promised all this cool stuff it could air condition but it would be great for a dollhouse. Now, I'm just going to get r done and have the AC fixed for like 300 bucks, lifes a biatch,
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Changed my mind Again............
Ok, my first problem was trying to retrofit my ac to 134a back in 02 one evening without a gauge and a giant cloud of freon blew out from somewhere. Not too bright but i wanted to try to fix it myself. Sh*t happens!! Second problem, was trusting " a good ole Boy wannabe AC mechanic" to fix it. He did and it lasted a week and then he said oh well. 150 bucks down the hole, i'm still pissed at him, but he is just clueless like me, how ironic. Next, i took it to an "AC" only shop for a quote., They gave me a $600 hundred dollar quote and i declined. Unfortunatley i could not get my truck cause i was at work. Go to pick it up later and there is big gash on the drivers side door, but said nothing cause i did not notice it till i got home, is it ever too late for revenge?? Now, i went to wal-mart today to recharge it and its just hopeless. So, the ($100) window unit AC like "rattlecan" used could be reused when the truck dies or wrecks, etc.. The power inverter is only $120 on ebay and it could be reused for other stuff or resold. Sure, I would love to fix my factory AC, but unlike a lot of people here who are born mechanics or have friends/relatives that can rebuild a motor etc, i'm a lonewolf with no mechanical friends/connections . A good honest mechanic is hard to find. So it's 220 bucks or 500-600 plus tax I don't give a flyin crap about cuttin holes in the truck or toolbox, so i'll do more research on it