I have had my MKIII for over 2 years. I got it with rod knock and, I took it apart and fixed that and I made CPS covers and added brakes and started to make cool parts. I made front and rear brakes and put 9 inch wide 17 inch wheels and sticky tires. I made EGR block off plates and turbo drain lines, Installed a 3 inch Down pipe and 3 inch complete exhaust. Its pretty much my mule for all the parts I make for a MKIII. I haven't gone hog wild but I have done a fair bit of work on this car, from rod and main bearings, to a MHG to a ARP bolts and all the other this and that it takes to make an 18 year old car road worthy enough for road trips to Vegas and the like. One thing I neglected is the A/C. As you could assume with the motor going in and out, a couple times, by the previous owner and myself the A/C had become discharged. all I knew is that from the day I purchased it the A/C never did work. previous owner said that the A/C never worked for him either so I had always assumed the worst.
With the memories of last years trip to SILV 06 with no A/C tugging at me I finally got off of my butt and did something about it. Last year I left my house at 4:30 pm and and it was well over 100, I drove right thru the heart of Phoenix rush hour traffic, it sucked, no A/C the heat was just boiling off of the pavement and I was just crawling along. It wasn't until 6:30 pm that I was able to get out of town and get some air flow thru the car to cool me off a bit.
Man am I happy I fixed the A/C!!! You guys never told me the A/C worked so good in these cars. I recharged it with actual R12 and replaced the A/C compressor shaft seal, and the O-rings right at the compressor, wasnt too hard. Clifton used his vacuum pump and sucked it down, I never left the system open so I didnt replace the dryer, other than a small issue with the high side seal (had to leave the adapter installed to keep it from leaking). All went pretty smooth I was so excited to go running erands with the A/C blowing cold in the Supra. I didnt drive it all summer, only because it sucked so bad even at night. Hell it was usually over 95 even at midnight.
Inside of 30 seconds the A/C is blowing cold and after 2 miles on the freeway a thermometer in my dash board vents reads 47-48 degrees. With extended driving the vent temps get down to 42 and lower.
This might not seem like a big deal but realize the low temps have been more than 95 for over 4 months with this being the hottest longest summer on record, you can imagine why I am so excited about this.
This is the BEST MOD to date. Just in time too, LOL.
With the memories of last years trip to SILV 06 with no A/C tugging at me I finally got off of my butt and did something about it. Last year I left my house at 4:30 pm and and it was well over 100, I drove right thru the heart of Phoenix rush hour traffic, it sucked, no A/C the heat was just boiling off of the pavement and I was just crawling along. It wasn't until 6:30 pm that I was able to get out of town and get some air flow thru the car to cool me off a bit.
Man am I happy I fixed the A/C!!! You guys never told me the A/C worked so good in these cars. I recharged it with actual R12 and replaced the A/C compressor shaft seal, and the O-rings right at the compressor, wasnt too hard. Clifton used his vacuum pump and sucked it down, I never left the system open so I didnt replace the dryer, other than a small issue with the high side seal (had to leave the adapter installed to keep it from leaking). All went pretty smooth I was so excited to go running erands with the A/C blowing cold in the Supra. I didnt drive it all summer, only because it sucked so bad even at night. Hell it was usually over 95 even at midnight.
Inside of 30 seconds the A/C is blowing cold and after 2 miles on the freeway a thermometer in my dash board vents reads 47-48 degrees. With extended driving the vent temps get down to 42 and lower.
This might not seem like a big deal but realize the low temps have been more than 95 for over 4 months with this being the hottest longest summer on record, you can imagine why I am so excited about this.
This is the BEST MOD to date. Just in time too, LOL.
It sucks to have to roll your windows down in rush hour traffic and choke on exhaust fumes. With AC you can transport your own bubble of fresh air wherever you go!
