Lee
Glad to see you got their attention, Its guys like you that make it better
for the rest of us.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Glenn" <lglenn11@mchsi.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Cc: <tech@vintageair.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Followup: (Vintage Air)
> Well, I thought I'd share this followup. Most likely as a result of my
> earlier post describing my frustration, I received several calls from
> Rick Love from Vintage Air. He was very helpful.
>
> If you remember my previous post, I bought Vintage's ProLine brackets
> and pulleys for a 350 V8 (as well as their A/C-Heat-Defrost unit). The
> frustration part came when I tried to make everything align properly.
> Rick asked what we needed and overnighted some custom spacers to us.
> While I still had to modify quite a bit, I'd have to say his service to
> me was exemplary.
>
> At this moment, I'm in the process of painting and had to tear
> everything down again but I think we'll have everything aligned when the
> final build-up happens. Thanks, oletruckers, for the sympathetic emails.
>
> My original post follows.
> -Lee '49 3600
> Indianola, Iowa
>
>
> >Buyer Beware!
> >
> >Last month, I purchased Vintage Air's A/C - Heat - Defrost unit for my
1949
> >Chevy Pickup. I also bought the ProLine brackets and pulleys for a 350
V8.
> >Everything arrived and looked great.
> >
> >We proceeded to tear down my old setup with the ugly brackets and found
> >that we had would need to switch to a different water pump. No problem.
> >Bought one at the FLAPS and we're ready again.
> >
> >Found out that I'd need to grind a little off my brand new Weind manifold
> >to get the brackets to fit right. Okay.
> >
> >Put the polished aluminum pulleys on the W/P and the crankshaft. Put the
> >compressor on. Put the alternator on. NOTHING LINES UP! To make this
> >setup work right, I'd have to grind 1/4" off the alternator bracket and
set
> >the compressor bracket forward 5/8". So, we scratch our heads a bit and
> >wonder if Vintage Air has different offsets for these brackets.
> >
> >We call Vintage Air's tech support line today and after 10 minutes or so,
I
> >talk to Robert. After I explain the problem, he says there's nothing
they
> >can do. We'll have to grind on these brand new brackets and provide our
> >own spacers to make this work. I ask him if it's something about our
> >particular setup and he apologetically said that there wasn't. I thanked
> >him and that was the end of the conversation.
> >
> >I'm at a loss as to what this bracket/pully combo is supposed to work
> >with...
> >
> >Sign me frustrated,
> >-Lee '49 3600 Indianola, IA
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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