You need a bracket made to fit your compressor and truck. There should be unused tapped holes in the block. You may also use some longer bolts at the water pump. See ACKITS.com
Your 1989 Chevy truck air-conditioner condensation drain can be found on the bottom of the air conditioner compressor. The air conditioner condensation drain routes condensation to the bottom of the engine compartment.
You remove the compressor and replace the belt with one for a truck with out ac
ACKITS.com makes a pretty good kit. I just installed one on a 1994 Toyota truck.
easily put, ALOT! but you truck did come with a option for AC so the swap is possible with little fabrication. First off you need to find a your truck that came with AC (possibly pick n pull or a wrecking yard) and you will need the following; AC compressor, condensor, accumulator, evaporator box, blower unit and all the under dash ducting. Next is installing all of this. Or you could uy a aftermrket unit and doesnot sit under your dash but you will still need the compressor, condensor and accumulator.
The 2000 Chevrolet Silverado truck has two ports on top of the air conditioner compressor. You will add Freon through the low pressure port.
Well, how is the air conditioner "unattached", exactly? If it's on a serpentine belt and you want to bypass the compressor, you have to make sure you have the right length of belt and that it's properly routed. If you simply pulled out the AC relays, the truck should still operate normally.
if you don't have the knowledge or know someone that does on recharging the system the safest thing to do is take it to the shop.
One of the best Toyota used truck is the Toyota Hilux. In other countries, the Toyota Hilux is marketed as the Toyota Tacoma.
Either install a larger compressor or an air tank to maintain pressure as reserve
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Sounds like the compressor is shot and it would be best to replace both. Unfortunately when the compressor goes bad it sends metal trash throughout the system. If you replace the compressor with out having the system flushed clean (which is almost impossible to do) the trash in the system will eventually destroy the new compressor.
If you have replaced the compressor only, I would add 3 oz directly to suction port of compressor then rotate the comp by hand a few revolutions. If you have not replaced any major part of the system, very little oil, if any would be added.