I finally took the time to find an oem AC evaporator, I put in a new expansion valve and replaced the O-rings and blew out 20 years of crud from the fins. Taped off the inlet and outlet to keep moisture out and installed it in the car. As you can see this one has the AC computer mounted on top of it. Luckily my car came wired for AC even though it didn't come with AC from the factory. So everything just plugged right in and it will hopefully work as it should.
Here you can see the aftermarket evaporator that my colt came with as a Mopar installed dealer option. The sticker says "made in the usa", that is getting rare to see for sure.
I compared the two side by side before I installed the oem one and they actually use the exact same case. The aftermarket one even has the spot up on top for the oem AC computer. The inlet and outlet holes for the lines are identical too. Instead of a computer though it had a jumper harness and then under the hood on the AC lines there was a small aftermarket computer installed there. I just wanted a factory one so that I can trouble shoot it using the manual if I need to. The Mopar one also had some sort of mesh screen wire covering the core that the oem one didn't have.
I also scored a mint talon spark plug cover and bolts at the yard yesterday on a 1g that they just brought in. I cleaned it up and it looks quite nice on my red valve cover that I painted up a few months ago. Now I need to get the head on the engine and in the car.
