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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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For those who have done the cam swap on your truck, what did you do with the A/C condenser? Will it rotate out of the way enough to get the cam out or did you have to vacuum down the system? I'm home on leave and I'm gonna try to get the cam installed and the truck tuned before I have to go back to Afghanistan. Any tips would be much appreciated.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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You dont have to move the condenser at all, just take out the rad and and pull the cam straight out.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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^ What he said.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 12:01 AM
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^^ what those two said....... Lol!
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 12:47 AM
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Cool deal, I wasn't sure if there was enough room. I know on the f bodies the condenser had to be flipped up. We should be able to do it in one evening if the weather will cooperate and warm up some.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 01:33 AM
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I ended up unbolting mine, but you wont need to. It was my first rodeo and I just wanted to create as much space up there as possible. I'm sure I did a lot of things that took me longer than they should have and were unnecessary
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Silverado53
^ What he said.
Originally Posted by mcfarlnd
^^ what those two said....... Lol!
Originally Posted by Atomic
You dont have to move the condenser at all, just take out the rad and and pull the cam straight out.
^^^^ What these three said
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Yeah you don't have to remove the condenser, just the radiator. And I live in Texarkana too
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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And work at rrad too lol small world
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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Very small world, you probably know Dustin too.
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