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I did a full brake system rebuild on my 66 Monaco wagon including switching to a dual master cylinder, if you have the time look at my long thread: 66 Monaco Wagon Preservation

I used some cut pieces of heater hose to shim between the line and the compressor body, see the photo. Hard to see but I had just enough room to take off the cap to check the fluid.

I did get the compressor hardline set from Nostalgic Air, it was part number SD1610. They make it two ways to work on the driver or passenger side depending on your installation and you have to specify, mine was obviously drivers side.

If you have the time check out my long thread, I did this plus a lot more to my 66. 66 Monaco Wagon Preservation

Nice wagon project, I'm subscribed. My 66 Monaco wagon was one of my favorite cars.

I bought this cheap and simple one-man bleeder on Amazon. I actually doubted it would work but I did all 4 wheels on my 66 and it worked great.

Sometimes a hit with a heavy rubber mallet as you pull upward will work. Worst case scenario, remove the front seat so you can push with both feet while a helper pulls upward.

I added a thermostatic switch with a capillary tube on the firewall near the expansion valve. PN 119-9920 from Nostalgic AC Parts. Shown in the parts photo below the compressor.

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Here is my conversion thread, good luck. 66 Monaco Wagon A/C Resurrection

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This has been done before. The exterior photos look good but the interior is terrible. This is what a 34 Packard interior really looked like:

Sorry for your pain, vinyl tops were one of the dumbest options ever offered. Have you removed the window trim yet? Doing that may solidify the choice of repairs, I have a hunch it will be worse underneath.

Following, nice project.

I agree. Before you do anything else, measure the front end height using the directions and dimensions from your FSM. If it is too high it will cause many handling issues, I know this from personal experience on my wagon.

If you are going to the work of swapping to a new compressor, go all the way and include a new style condenser, expansion valve and definitely a receiver dryer plus whatever lines are needed to connect it all. You will wind up with a more efficient and effective system.

I don't think you can remove the cable from the bottom, I could not on my 66.

With my 66 I was able to remove the speedometer cluster separately, easy to unhook the cable from the access panel under the column.

Totally agree. I used AGS Kable-Ease lube, bought at O'Reilly's. Remove the speedometer, pull the cable out of the housing. If not damaged, lube freely and reinstall.