alright - here goes. KL-P5-take2

[Jedidiah55]

http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread.php?p=1923710076



now i need to go to a junkyard

 

[ihone]

I don't understand. Is that person stating that the compressor fittings he has on the Probe are too small for the milly compressor? or the other way around?

 

[Jedidiah55]

idk, it bolts to a kl and doesnt fit the probe lines, that is all that matters to me

did you download that file i posted?

also milli a/c compressor 99-02 could be a possibly fit

 

[Silverfox]

I did and thanks for that info

 

[ihone]

Jed - I was thinking the same thing man. Wondering, with the advent of mass production - they may have gone to larger I.D. compressor fittings for the 02'ish models with KL's. Hmmmm.....indeed a thought to chew on.

 

[Jedidiah55]

i wont be able to make it to a junkyard till after the 20th but im going to grab some protege lines and make sure they bolt up

if i find anything ill give out part numbers

and ill look for an extra compressor if you want me too

 

[ihone]

I have plenty of compressors down here at the pullapart nearby - like tons and tons of millys, 626's, and pgt's in there.

But line information and fitment - let me know bro!

I heard someone actually got this to work on this board some time ago when they did a protege KL - but was holding the info close to their chest. Anyone know something about that? I'd like to see if they know anything now that there's alot more support for KL swaps.

 

[Jedidiah55]

random question

when you did the MTX swap did you swap to the MTX intermediate shaft? I've been told the ATX shaft is about 35mm longer and it wont bolt up on the kl bolt if its in a MTX

 

[ihone]

I pulled a different jackshaft from a mtx, but the bolt pattern was still different. So - I made myself an adapter plate (basically a steel plate "wedge" that bolted to the block, and has 2 nuts welded to it to allow the jackshaft to bolt to the plate).

 

[Jedidiah55]

I cut my bracket, and rotated it and rewelded it and had 1 bolt in

I'm not sure if its still there

 

[Teeson]

http://www.*************.com/showthread.php/4835-How-To-KL-ZE-Swap-in-to-a-Protege

Here fellas, he talks alot about A/C conversions. Almost as much as the rest of the swap t seems..

 

[Jedidiah55]

this site blocks that site

and you can covert everything over to the probe full HVAC for lots of money but find a compressor would be the cheapest and easiest.
worst comes to worst you can find a compressor and mod the bracket

 

[Teeson]

my bad:

http://w w w .the mazda forum .com/showthread.php/4835-How-To-KL-ZE-Swap-in-to-a-Protege

its still probably not too much help though, he's found lines that adapt from the protege to the KL, but his method still requires one custom line

 

[ihone]

Looking at those parts he posted in that thread, on that site:

I can nab those from the JY! It's coming off a PGT (94) and it's all there! The only thing that has me a bit worried is this "custom hose" he talks about. Getting AC lines made up shouldn't be hard - but finding someone to do them will be my troublesome bother down here.

 

[Jedidiah55]

there is a company in McKinney that will make lines that will fit but they cost $$$

don't damage your p5 lines, I'm still going to look for a compressor that bolts right up

 

[THE Phen]

Heh. Funny to see that thread posted on here. All the information you'd ever need for a 3rd gen Protege is over there... but next to no one from here ever signed up over there. Meanwhile we're sitting on the collective database of 3 BJ platform specific forums that were merged.

 

[Jedidiah55]

somewhere on the web someone literally wrote a tech manually on how to do the swap

e.i.
you need 10 mm wrench
12mm wrench
10 mm socker
12mm socket 14mm wrech
phillips head
17 mm wrench
etc etc

to to remove the fsde remove 3 bolts located"

the guide was about 5 posts longs max character length
i read a quarter of it and gave up

 

[ihone]

No news on the car - just been driving the crap out of it for the past few weeks. Finally got my last bracket on the trans (trans upper/driver side to mount) - that stiffened it up a little bit so not so much flex on the exhaust (which seems to hate flexing......exhaust leaks FTL....).

I was making a U-turn the other night - and man......I drug the front over the very edge of the curb....scraped all to hell.

I'm looking for a cheap bodykit now. Doesn't have to have OMG carb0n f1berz on it....just something simple yet subtle. Then.....get ready for this.....50 dollar roller paint job. I'm gonna do it on my roof (clearcoat is eating away presently) for test. Looking to fill in the roof rack to make the transformation complete. So, roller paint roof I guess is next on the list of things to do. Shouldn't be too hard, and will get my hands prepped for "How To" paint the rest of the car.

The reason I'm looking at the rollerpaint idea - we just finished a friends mustang (old foxbody). At first (like 1-2 coats) I was like... "...seriously....wtf are we doing?" It looked really bad. Then...the more paint we put on, and wetsanding every 3rd painting pass - it started to level out and cover completely. Finally - after 8 coats - 4 wetsanding sessions - rough/smooth cut and buff session - glazing = that thing shines and the paint (seriously!) is perfect! I was sold.

Now.....to pick a color. Rustoleum doesn't have that many colors to choose from. I was thinking about safety orange, just for the hell of it......lol.

 

[Jedidiah55]

lol nice, i only have scratches im going to get over price oem paint match touch up crap

 

[Jedidiah55]

if you have the time could you pull your compressor and your a/c lines off

and could you take pictures of the ports

try to get the lines to bolt up off the car like this

this is the discharge line

i want to see whats going on with these a/c lines