Air Conditioning (Alfa 33 907 Series)
Evaporator, Condensers & Wiring Installation
April 20, 2020
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The big moment of installation on the Alfa has come.
Installation is divided in two phases.
First for the evaporator installation and second for the condensers. The first round of pipes and hoses installation will be done during evaporator installation and the second round during condensers installation.
Install evaporator as carefully as possible first inserting the rear side of it and then let it sit making sure the mouting bolts align with the designated holes on the chassis.
Install heater pipes and refrigerant hose. This is a tight fit since the clearance between the evaporator and bulkhead is tight.
Notice the welded thread on the chassis and the welded bracket on the hose. This is a nice guide to keep things straight.
You may now install refrigerant pipes on the expansion valve. Be sure to use O-rings and lubricate them with refrigerant oil prior installation.
Here is the filter/dryer along with the respective pipe. This is the pipe that "feeds" the evaporator with refrigerant (high pressure, liquid form).
This is the part of the hose that bolts to the compressor port. Use new O-ring lubricated with refrigerant oil.
Plug the connectors to their respective match. There is no way to mix them since each one makes a unique pair.
Let's now move to the passenger compartment to connect the control panel. Here is an important note: The connectors shown although being original from the factory, don't match. The colors (yellow and red) match between the two harnesses but the connectors don't; all you have to do is eliminate them and use a new 2-spade connector; the black cable (earth) that remains will be left unused since we will use the one that the harness supplies as shown.