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Does anybody know where I can get the boot with two ears that goes over the inboard hex nut on the Dehydrator assembly?
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Re: Boot over a 67 AC compressor
Ken - To the best of my knowledge, the boot you are referring to is not a "functional" part of the C60 air conditioning and is not part "called out" in the '67 Corvette Assembly Instruction Manual and is not available from any of the vendors. Having said that, the boot has been observed (with some frequency) on or by the fitting on the AC condenser that attaches to the dehydyator (receiver drier) with on original Corvette C60 systems and as you might guess on other GM cars equipped with C60 air conditioning. I have seen a similar type boot on the same fitting on several non-Corvette NOS AC condensers My read is that the boot was on the condenser fitting as shipped to the assembly plant to protect it and on installation it was removed from the fitting one way or another and one of the ways resulted in pulling the boot off the fitting and on to the condenser tubing and that's where it ended up when all the plumbing was connected.
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Re: Boot over a 67 AC compressor
Thanks for the insight Pete. Based on that, then why does the judging manual call for one? It would seem it should say, there shouldn't be a boot suggesting that the factory took it off before the dehydrator went onto the car or at least keep it optional. Anybody know if Bowtie cars require it to be there?
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Re: Boot over a 67 AC compressor
Ken - It has puzzled me (1) why the '67 TIM&JG calls for it and (2) why does that fitting needs protecting. I'd suggest that your questions should be directed to the '67 Team Leader and hopefully there will be some objective evidence that the boot is a functional part of the AC system. PeteComment
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