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While looking through my 88 jeep parts catalog for air conditioning components I discovered an illustration page titled "Receiver/Drier, Condenser and Hoses 6 Cylinder Engine w/FACTORY Air conditioning Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche"  and the very next page has an illustration titled "Receiver/Drier, Condenser and Hoses 6 Cylinder Engine w/American Air conditioning Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche"

 

My truck came with AC straight from the factory, this I know.  The truck is an AMC. 

 

So whats the deal?  Could anyone tell me what the difference is between Factory and American air conditioning components?

 

 

 

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American A/C is dealer installed. If a customer wanted one of a dealers offerings w/o A/C, they could pay the dealer to install an A/C kit. Very common back in the day, and usually cheaper than the factory A/C. Kinda like sunroofs. Most of those were dealer installed.

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  • 2 years later...

My '88 had the fitting in the lower radiator hose with the fan switch. Does that mean it had the dealer installed AC?

When I replaced the hoses I moved the switch to a bung on the radiator tank.

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Wait... whats the radiator switch for?

 

Controlling the auxiliary fan.

 

 

ah ok!.  does anybody know if they still produce these "add on" kits? ive always thrown around the idea of adding AC to my truck. would these benefit vs a factory swap and splice?

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