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Anyone using the Vintage Air Mini Gen II? Mine has been giving me fits and I’m just about to give up on it. System is installed as per instructions and all fitting crimps except the two connecting the compressor to the high side and low side were done professionally using a massive hydraulic...

Great feedback -- very helpful! Will try to stuff a 5/8 aluminum tube through what little room is left in the spine and move my temp sender into the T-stat bypass line. Thanks everyone for the great advice! I'll be using aluminum tubing that comes in a big coil and when I cut it to length the...

OK, I can see now that the fat red circle is around an intake manifold mounting bolt. The hole that Brian is talking about (just above and left of the red circle) seems to be the one I'm using for the coolant temp sensor. If I swap that for the heater supply, is there somewhere else I can take...

So before I go tapping into the wrong place on the intake manifold, I took these two photos to clarify which port i should connect to the inlet side of the heater core. I'm thinking Brian is talking about the one I have circled in red in the closeup photo of the water neck/thermostat housing...

Ken - One more thing that just occurred to me. The way you have drawn the "Y-fitting" makes sense because there is that "scoop" portion that channels the flow into the smaller pipe. I believe the ones that exist simply have the Y-splitting off in the same manner as the T-fitting I am currently...

Thank you, Ken! I can't seem to find a fitting like the one you described -- it needs to have 1.5" diameter on the "fat" ends and 5/8 for the skinny pipe. The only one I can find that's 1.5" has a 1" Y-pipe. Know of a good source for these fittings that may offer a better selection than what I...

Thanks, L! Very helpful. Chris Kouba took a look at the car last weekend and I believe suggested something similar. To be clear, for option #1, are you talking about running a line all the way from the engine to the bulkhead fitting in front that leads INTO the heater core and leaving the...

Anyone out there using this layout for their heater hose routing? I've got a T-fitting in the coolant line coming into the radiator (right side of the picture) going into the heater core, then back out into another T-fitting that joins the flow out of the radiator and back to the water pump...

Thanks, Randy!

My reservoirs are above the caliper so I shouldn't have been using them. Believe it or not the hardest part is finding the hardware to connect the various invert flare fittings between the hard line and the flexible hose -- way too many different kinds of connectors and Napa doesn't have any of...

Thanks for the report, Phil. No issues with fluid draining back into the master cylinder or whatever these things are meant to prevent?

Thanks! Looks like mine are some generic blue residual valves. Ordered the Wilwoods and will see if it makes a difference.

Coming up on 500 miles on a new RCR40 build and getting nicely sorted. I have noticed that the car is crazy hard to push on a flat surface in neutral after coming back from a drive. Jacking it up, I found that the brakes are lightly dragging as the wheels turn with some effort. Cracking a brake...

Thank you, very helpful! I may see if I can mask the screen carefully and respray flat black and if that makes no difference look into covering it.

My RCR40 has a hazardous degree of glare off the windshield which I think is coming from the dash. In low sun angle conditions, it can be momentarily totally blinding. I finished the dash in Wurth Black Satin Trim Paint thinking the low sheen would be suitable for the dash but now I'm wondering...

Really? You mean just opening up a line to add a new charge port will trash the drier?

That's a really good idea -- thanks for the suggestion, Joel! I don't know the high side from the low side! In which line(s) would I install these fittings? The most accessible place would be in the snorkel where I have mounted the dryer. Could I just unscrew a line from either side of the dryer...

Hi Dave, It was hooked up to this automatic machine that pulled vacuum, checked for leaks for 10 minutes, then pumped in the pre-programmed quantity of fluid. The A/C seem to work on my way home from the shop but it was February and 40 degrees outside! that was also 6 months ago and I haven't...

So, all circuits check out fine and bypasing the trinary switch causes both the compressor to click on and the radiator fan to run. Pressing down on the Schraeder valve where the trinary screws into results in a very faint hiss so it seems all the refrigerant has leaked out. My fill ports are...

Thank you, all! I will get into it this weekend and see what I find.