So finally finished up everything today.
Without pulling the tub off the chassis it's kind of hard to get to where things should be run under there, and I think in reality running hard lines would be a lot better (at least underneath) than the rubber lines, bit I did what seemed like a halfway decent job of getting everything where it was supposed to go.
So I installed the rear hanger bracket, then put the condenser in held up with a few sticks to put it in place. Figured out where the opening should be starting at the back end of the opening, and used that as a reference for where to install the cover grate. Drilled the holes to match the grate, then opened them up and installed rivnuts. 10-32 in this case. Don't have a picture of where it starts in the rear, but it was right at the edge of the inset area in the fender. put the grate in place, then just cut in on a straight line about 1/2" or so inside the rivnuts. Left 2" where the vertical support/stiffener pieces are on the inside.
So now with the cutouts, I could get my hand in there where the lines connect. Used a scratch awl to mark where the first few bolts were that I could reach, pulled out the condenser and drilled up from the bottom.
Then took a piece of cardstock to mark out where the forward holes would be, as there is no way to mark them from the bottom (made sure the drilled holes lined up properly before drilling any more)
Put the cardstock on the top of the fender, with 2 bolts for alignment, and marked then drilled the front holes.
Inside is a big jumble of wires, but mostly gets hidden by the cover.
So these things were on the wire harness to the red dot condenser, I assume they have something to do with radio interference and feedback type deal, so decided to install them in the HMMWV. It was fewer wires to put them back by the condenser rather than in the cabin, they are tucked up right in front of the condenser and should be relatively protected unless I start playing in reverse at high speeds.
How they look from the outside.
AC lines and wiring inside protective wraps.
Vacuumed it out, left it overnight, no changes in pressure. Left it another day, still no change.
Don't have a scale to determine charge weight, so just ran the truck with aircon on until the sight glass on the receiver/dryer was almost clear and the pressure cycles slowed down.
Had the condenser fans wired backwards, reversed the wires on the isolators took care of that.
Now the last thing I need to do that's only slightly related is figure out how to do alignment on the serpentine pulleys, as when the aircon is on the belt is riding up a little on the edge of the fan clutch, causing it to squeal.
