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My new to me '87 Mini-Cruiser "Mosey", does not have any powered ventilation or a generator. The folks I bought it from kept the roof vent clear and mounted a portable AC unit on one of the seats (it vents out the window and drains to the outside through the bottom of the rig). That's not a long-term solution for us, so I am researching alternatives. We live in northern New Jersey and our house is not air conditioned, I keep the house cool with fans and light control, and I'm not a fan of sleeping in AC. On the other hand, we don't want to fry, and we'd like to be able to safely leave our terrier mutt in the rig if we have to run into a store or some such. I'm wondering if solar powered vent fans would make more sense than a heavy AC that needs shore power or a generator to run. Thoughts and recommendations will be much appreciated.

I've been slowed by an awful lot of heat and humidity lately on the Toyota project. I was complaining the other night about how it was just too dang hot inside of that motorhome to get any work done in it. I step in and I'm immediately cooked. My wife asked me one simple question: Doesn't it have an air conditioner? OMG. I feel incredibly stupid. I fired up the AC (after making the unfinished connections safe and only turning on the AC breaker). Imagine that, after 30 minutes it's the most comfortable place to be inside of or outside of my house!!! Maybe now I can get some stuff done.

Simple question: what would happen if I completely sealed the vent on the rear-face of the air-conditioner? I don't think I need so much air blowing on the bathroom since the AC is all the way to the rear in the kitchen. I'd like more air to flow to the living area and bed. If I put pressed cardboard and duct tape over the rear vent, would the forward vent push out more air, or would it end up going out the intake vent? Thanks for any help. Thomas

When I bought my Escaper the roof air worked great, but the cab air did not work. The ac compressor turned on but made a bad sound and there was no cold air. I'm about to go on a travel for a while and definitely wanted my cab air working! I started out by ordering a new compressor for an 87 Toyota truck. When the compressor arrived it was immediately apparent that the compressor was the wrong style mounting and everything. Here is the stock A/C compressor in place before any work. Here is the first compressor I ordered, which was the wrong style since it was for a factory installed A/C system. This is when I figured out that the truck had a dealer installed A/C system. Notice the mounting style is completely different. I returned that compressor and was able to locate the compressor I needed on Ebay. This was the only place I was able to locate the exact style of mine and I got it brand new in an auction for $117! Old vs. new Here is the engine bay with the ac compressor removed, also the air intake is removed as well. For those interested, here are the sensors used for the cold start injector. They are located directly underneath the air intake. I removed both and cleaned them due to my truck having a cold start issue. It ended up being a missing screw in the throttle positioning sensor and the idle was off. All lines were removed. The evaporation coil was also removed from under the dash. I have a feeling this may be one of the reasons the ac system did not work! Here is the coil after a good cleaning. Also is the chemical I used to flush all of the lines to get rid of old oil residue. Putting it back into the box. Removing the expansion valve from the line. Once I saw the compressor lines on the new compressor, I noticed it was a different style mount. It was an oring type of connection when what it needed to be was a flare style connection. A day later I had the adapters I needed, obtained from a local A/C shop. New compressor in place. The easiest way to get the evaporation coil in place was to put it in, put the expansion valve in place, and then put the top of the case on. Then the thermostat was slid into place from the top. This was kind of a pain in the butt. Lines connected.