My 85' Crown Vic

[matth825]

I think I’m going to order it and give it a try. Rock auto has them for $100. If the fitment is a little off due to the heat riser it could probably be tweaked a little bit to work.


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[1985crownvicltd85]

ok, let me know how it goes.

[matth825]

My 85' Crown Vic

Sure thing! It won’t be until the spring until I’m able to work on it though. The car is in a storage facility for the winter and this one doesn’t allow work to be performed on cars while they are in there. Hoping next winter I have my own garage again!


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[1985crownvicltd85]

Heres how the underhood looked when i got the car

[1985crownvicltd85]

and heres how it looks now:

[1985crownvicltd85]

For those wondering I had to swap the Hvac controller, added evaporator, accumulator, new lines, condenser, compressor, r12 to r134a retrofit kit, and used a 1987 grand marquis for its brackets, crankshaft pulley, water pump pulley, smog pump pulley. As for wiring everything was there and plugged right in. Currently blows ice cold

[Kodachrome Wolf]

Gotta love it when a job is darn near plug-n-play when adding features.

Hope the A/C keeps you frosty!

[1985crownvicltd85]

Gotta love it when a job is darn near plug-n-play when adding features.

Hope the A/C keeps you frosty!

Thanks, I hope it does too.Next I have to install those lincoln logs you sold me. (Should probably have done that before installing the ac components.

[Kodachrome Wolf]

Thanks, I hope it does too.Next I have to install those lincoln logs you sold me. (Should probably have done that before installing the ac components.

A/C takes up some of that space, but honestly it's a doable job with all the stuff there. My '87 still has working A/C, so I just worked around it. I'd argue that getting the Lincoln Logs in might be a touch easier than probably dealing with those cast iron lumps since I'm sure they weigh a whole lot less.

[1985crownvicltd85]

New look:

[Tiggie]

Looking great.

[87gtVIC]

Nice. Looking like a 79.

[DerekTheGreat]

Nice job on the A/C install, like it left the factory with it.

[1985crownvicltd85]

Update. Since getting the Grand Marquis I haven't really driven this car. Its mostly been sitting. This month I started driving it again.

When I first fired it up I noticed that the mode selector for the climate control would not change modes. After some diag I found it ended up being a broken plastic hinge.

So I removed the box under the dash, drilled out the rivets and separated it into two pieces (better access to the door and plastic hinge) Then added a proper hinge and resealed it. I didn't bother replacing the heater core since I had already done so in May 2018.

[1985crownvicltd85]

Next, I added a heater control valve to help with ac performance. Vacuum line goes through the firewall to the vacuum line of the recirculating door.

As you can see its double clamped because its a 3/4 hose going over a 5/8 tube of plastic. So far it hasn’t blown apart, if it does I’ll add 5/8 to 3/4 brass union. It looks ugly but works great.