My ac is not pressurized, the compressor is bypassed and shot, and I want to get rid of the whole thing. I don't especially want ac, and I am not worried about reselling the pickup.

Does the condenser really affect anything else, or can I just pull it and all the line out?

I might leave the evaporator in and just get some plugs for the lines that direction.

 

Don't even need to plug the lines. Unless you simply want to prevent bees from building a nest in 'em.

If the A/C doesn't work, and you don't plan on fixing it, you can remove it all, and simply be done with it. Won't effect anything in a bad way. Your truck may run cooler though.

 

like hey you said, take it all out. without it blocking your rad it will run cooler. and you lose about fifty pounds of weigtht

 

Yeah, I figured there's no point in having that condenser sitting in there, maybe I'll try and sell it for a few bucks if it is clean and in decent shape. And yeah, I was just going to plug the hole to keep wasps out. Thanks for the replies.

 

A non-AC belt doesn't work if you keep the AC accessory bracket. You need a 90-90.5" belt. Ask for a belt for a 2010 Tacoma 2.7l with AC and you will get a 7 rib 90" belt. 89.5" also works but is very tight and difficult to get on.

 

I am not 100% sure I understand what you mean. I already have a shorter belt on, ac is bypassed. Do you mean if I remove the ac bracket, I need an even shorter belt? Does it move one of the other pulleys if I remove the bracket? I am a little confused. Haven't really looked at the actual bracket yet.

 

If you have a belt that works, you are all set. Leave the bracket..... just pull the compressor.

 

A non-AC belt shouldn't work if you bypass/remove the compressor and keep the AC accessory bracket because the idler pulley is in a different location than the non-AC accessory bracket. I missed that you already bypassed the compressor and figured it out.

 

Okay, thanks. I didn't actually bypass it myself, so I wasn't sure what you were talking about, but I gotcha now.