Air conditioning compressor and condenser reco

[Monman71]

Hi all, my big job this year is to pull the engine out and fit the factory air conditioning into the monaro( a twenty years on the road present), I have a HJ full unit which I pulled out years ago and a HZ unit which is still fully installed in the donor car.i would think the compressors would still be the same, but I am looking at either reconditioning the compressor and condenser or looking at new ,has anyone done this? What costs have there been?, I could get my hands on nos compressor in the states but I would think it would have to be converted to the new gas. Cheers

[thatotherguy]

you can get a conversion kit to use a sanden compressor with the factory bracket and i think the compressor is about $360 new . I am using vintage air in my HQ monaro and a modified after market compressor bracket and a new sanden compressor . i have also moved the alternator to the right hand side

[Maysik]

I did the exact same job in my 76 HJ van. Donor car was a HZ Statesman. The only thing missing from the Satesman A/C was the compressor.
Mind you this is a Chev motor in the van and may be different where your alternator goes and other gear. But it will give you an idea.
Had to do a fiddle with some of the wiring harness to incorporate more electrics as there was not much there in the basic Kingswood van.
But that was no big deal as I just used the wiring harness from the Statesman. There was a difference between the wiring block that attaches to the firewall.
I moved these parts from the Satesman to the pano:-
Dash controls, under-dash piping, blocked the drivers vent, transposed vacuum tubes to back of controle module.
A/C -heater box went onto firewall when motor was out. Because the hoses and dryer were left opened for god knows how long a clean out with white spirit was not done, these were all replaced.
Cannot remember if we re-used condensor or if I got a new one.
Make sure you have enough grooves on your harmonic balancer to take the A/C compressor belt if you already have power steering along with alternator.
Now the kicker, I used a compressor from a 6 cylinder VL Holden Calais. I made the bracket from 8mm plate that bolted back along the manifold bolts and slightly around the front of the motor.
Works a charm.

[Blocker]

you can get a conversion kit to use a sanden compressor with the factory bracket and i think the compressor is about $360 new . I am using vintage air in my HQ monaro and a modified after market compressor bracket and a new sanden compressor . i have also moved the alternator to the right hand side

When you get a chance could you please post some photos, they would be really helpful to me and probably others