The kit I also brought from Range Parts minus the compressor. No instructions in the box. I beleive the company that made these no longer exists so we are on our own.
I had major problems sourcing the compressor brackets for the 4bd1. I could buy from a truck wreck and they will fit OK with a bit of modification but the compressor that will fit is smaller than the County one. Lucky for me that I was able to buy a bracket from Andrew, otherwise it would have been a smaller compressor.
The Relays and some brackets come in the kit. Look at the wire harness in the underdash unit and it is obvious where they fit. I intend to mount the relays and plugs in the fuse console under the dash.
Low pressure switch I was also scratching my head on that one but it looks like it fits into the side of the drier, see photo from a Defender Td5.
I was lucky in that the LR120 didn't come with air, only the front flaps so that part was very straight forward but will add that the heater box which I had to rebuild due to rust (radiator was totally rotted) is not the same as the Td5. Earlier ones have a copper radiator, Td5 is aluminium alloy and the housing is different. I finally found a copper heater core to match the copper of the main radiator and salvaged parts from a Td5 heater box and rebuilt it.
It is also worth while to strip the dash and replace the foams in all the flaps. With no air leaks the demister fan actually works and blows bucket of air through the screen vents.
Front condensor is just a standard county one with the cowling made of fibreglass.
Apicture of the plate that I need to know where to drill the holes in footwell.
To be continued...
The circuit diagram or how to wire up. I am NO ELECTRICIAN SO PLEASE DONT TAKE THE FOLLOWING AS BEING CORRECT.
What I did was look up a County circuit diagram and a Td5 circuit diagram.
The connector plug in the underdash unit is labelled C0786 so worked out all the connectors on the Td5 diagram and will wire mine up as follows:-
See photo. Find an ignition live wire and take 2 fused links 10A. Feed one to plug1, other to plug3. Main cable assembly positive with 30A fuse to plug6 which is relay blower circuit.
Plug7 to earth. Plug4 not used.
Before I make this final I will get someone to recheck the diagrams to check that this will work.
Gday Dav,
Thanks for the info,that has helped a lot!! I suspected that the drier was back there on the wheel arch. Can you get more photos of where the pipes route? I also need photos of where the condenser brackets attach.
If you can wait a few weeks I'll be fitting the AC unit to my firewall. I'll take photos, measurements and leasons learnt and post them. No use in both of us re-drilling holes to fix mistakes
Col
Hi Col,
Just get all the brackets and condensor from a County wreck. When you fit it all the holes will have been predrilled into the guards.
Also go and buy a parts book for the county, that even in most cases shows the orientation of brackets better than anything else.
David
I've got all the bits from a TD5 (came in the kit). The way it fits on a TD5 is what I need. The county condenser I've got has a hole and therefore unusable.
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