bigger air con

[fendie999]

Hi all my air com has just packed in (im not to shore but i think its the elctros and a clutch are not working) , my friends (not) at land rover woolangabah have said . its been in to them at least 6 times while in warrant but its over now . they quoted 2 grand . but i think they just replace the whole thing .

would it be easer it put a small truck 1 in, because the wagoon so big the air con is only any good for the front . any one know a good air con person who does not charge the world . it goes to techno british at the moment but dought they do air cons thanks all

[harry]

8) hey fendy where are you?
might help the helpers, you know.

[fendie999]

thanks for the 2 replys mate im in brizzy toowong

[hiline]

cant think who it was, but they have installed a after market aircon
that works a treat style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif


if anyone can remember who it was let him know style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:

[Captain_Rightfoot]

If it's just outf warranty I'd be asking them to arrange some LR support... they should help.

If not, try talking to MR Automotive.... bound to be cheaper style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[harry]

8) you can check the clutch easily,
at thr frontof the aircon compressor is a wire coming out from it,
there should be a quich disconnect plug on it a couple of inches out.
disconnect it and then put a wire from the positive side of your battery to it - when you connect it to the battery you should hear the clutch snap in as the clutch is held in by an electric solenoid.
do this [of course with the engine not running]
if ot needs re gassing you should see bubbles in the sight glass [usually located on the receiver/drier

[101RRS]

I thought suitable replacement compressors from an aircon place would cost about $700 or much less secondhand.

To upgrade to whole system would be big $$$$

[discowhite]

the sanden compressor new from ashdowns at coopers plains brissy
cost me $280.
in the early S1 disco there is an electrical thermostat controll, that no one
could get for mine, and the one that did cost $880????
so i got a manual thermostat out of a vl commadore wired that up to the
front fans and the comp clutch, re gassed the whole thing and set the
switch to cut out at 7deg.

but yes you are right on the **** ant performance of the system.
its not much better than the windows down.

phil.

[fendie999]

thanks for the helpfull replys , but its my luky day , the wife said its working again . now i dont know weather to leave it or try to look into it . the land rover guys said it was rusty from salt water . around the elctros and the clutch.

[Grizzly_Adams]

Well if you do a search in the archives for posts from pullsey, he's up in Townsville area and he's had an aftermarket mini-van job put in.

Looks pretty darn good and goes well too he reckons :-)

Cost of a 2nd-hand compressor from a wrecking mob in SA (http://www.triumphroverspares.com.au) is $450..

HTH

[hiline]

hey Grizzly_Adams

thats the one i was talking about style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

couldn't remember for the life of me who its was style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:

[Grizzly_Adams]

No problem hiline 8)

As my Defender doesn't have aircon at all and it's something I've asked about before, I've got pullsey's posts on-the-brain (so to speak) as it looked like a novel approach to getting aircon into the beast :-)

[pullsy]

Yep, its getting warm in Townsville now and the aircon is more and more appreciated everyday. $1500 for the set up installed using my compressor and underbonnet stuff. Yeah its good to have heaps of off road mods but for the everyday day in day out mods this is by far the best money I ever spent on the car. The link to my post is-http://www.aulro.com//modules.php?name=For...4277&highlight= (http://www.aulro.com//modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4277&highlight=)

Any Q's just ask. Cheers,
Pullsy