Stripping a good 1981 El Camino of it's air conditioning.....cruise controll and ALL the *emission* controls (air pump, etc....) fuel pump relpaced with an electric fuel pump and regulator. NOW........needs to get rid of the the shroud that goes over the heater/AC unit.............Need heater ONLY!.........with the A/C unit, it makes it difficult to get to the left side of the engine...........recommedations anyone? Also.............Now that I've torn out all that crap, where can I get a wiring harness to just control the basics???

ANY information along this line would be well recieved!!

Thank you
1981 El Camino
gallier@imt.net

Look on ebay under parts and accessories for El Caminos for a non A/C heater box. Contact Painless wiring for a wiring harness. Maybe acauth1 has a heater box like you need for sale.

Installing a non A/C heater box involves removing the dash to replace the A/C ductwork with non A/C ductwork and also changing over the controls. You can't just change the heater box.

Yes, I removed my Ac compressor & lines years ago & was going to remove the box also till I found out how much touble it would be.

try painless wiring for the harness they offer 12 circuit harnesses and 18 circuit harnesses or they can build you a harness for what you need.

try painless wiring for the harness they offer 12 circuit harnesses and 18 circuit harnesses or they can build you a harness for what you need.

I'm putting the generic GM 18 circuit Painless in my 80. I'll probably do the same thing later sometime for my 76. Its just good business. The harness that is in the 76 and the one that was in the 80 were old and chopped up buy other owners or whom ever. So "Only you can prevent forest fires!". Painless has a nice set up and their generic 18 Circuit harness will cover most everything in the car.

I am adding a bunch of relays for the lights instead of going through the switch it will improve the lighting a lot.

Anyway just a thought.

Hello,

I was over at this site the other day, www.americangraffiti.biz and dropped them and email...here is what they said:

Jimmy,
Glad to hear from you. In regard to our A/C delete covers, we are currently in the tooling process for the 78-88 models which will include Malibu, El Camino, Monte Carlo and several others. We should have a product available within the next few weeks, please feel free to give us a call to check on the progress of the item.

For further information please feel free to give us a call at 1-800-300-1494 Mon-Fri 8:30 to 5:30 and Sat. 9:00 to 2:00 MT Standard time, or you can continue to e-mail us at contact@americangraffiti.biz Make sure to check us out online at: www.americangraffiti.biz

American Graffiti
5351 W 6 Th. Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80214
Thanks,
Evan
American Graffiti


So, This could be a viable option if they have come up with something sneaky. Their prices for their other boxes are about 100 bucks.

Jimmy