Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:00 am by WEW51L110
Brad,
There’s a lot of similarities in your and my driving habits. I, too, am quite used to driving with my arm resting on the window sill and there is considerable noise inside the cab with the windows rolled up. Enough noise, in fact, that my wife won’t ride in the truck because “it’s too loud”. And she means with the windows up or down. So I’m typically alone when the truck goes anywhere.
I haven’t relocated the condenser from in front of the radiator yet. At this point I may never complete that task. The pusher fan I added to the front of the condenser has produced enough improvement for me for now. This is Florida and in the midst of the hottest months, our outside temperature usually doesn’t get higher than about 95. Having said that, on only a few occasions have I seen it reach 105 in the 40+ years I’ve lived here. The “feels like” temp., however, frequently is in the 105 or higher range due to the high humidity. And that stretch lasts from about late June through mid September. I don’t take the truck out often because there’s fewer shows to go to during that time frame and therefore less need to operate the truck with the A/C running. Being it’s just me, I’ll survive with the A/C as is or I can roll the windows down, open up the cowl vent, and be just fine. The other reason I haven’t moved the condenser is that I don’t have the skill set needed to modify the coolant hoses that would be required with the condenser relocated. Yes, I could take the truck to an A/C shop and have it done, but I haven’t reached that level of “need” yet. If ever I do, I’ll report back here. Stay tuned (Global warming may tip the balance).
L110 owner since 1974, finally rebuilt 2014.