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Why would you buy an aftermarket setup, when jsut about every late 80's/early 90s Range Rover has amazing air conditioning.... and they are being wrecked/parted out all over the country for pocket change. Not only that, everything in thoery should just bolt in

The A/C in my Rangies here is very effective. Far better than the A/C in any other car in our yard (including my wifes modern poogoe 407... Europeans just can't do decent A/C!)

seeya
Shane L.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Why would you buy an aftermarket setup, when jsut about every late 80's/early 90s Range Rover has amazing air conditioning.... and they are being wrecked/parted out all over the country for pocket change. Not only that, everything in thoery should just bolt in

The A/C in my Rangies here is very effective. Far better than the A/C in any other car in our yard (including my wifes modern poogoe 407... Europeans just can't do decent A/C!)

seeya
Shane L.

Really? The system in my 1988 RRC is pathetic (it's the one that is installed under the dash on the passenger side).

does it have the vents that run the length of the bottom of the dash ... and the huge evaporator above the passengers feet.... If so, then yes, it should be very good. I'd suggest there isn't any gas in it if you find it no good. Mine is so good the front passenger always turns it off as it's too cold to have blowing on you.

Evaporator in front of the passenger but no additional vents over and above the heating system. Would this have been an interim set-up before it went to an under bonnet system?

this dash



that big bulge above the passengers feet is a huge evaporator with two fans pushing air through it.

seeya,
Shane L.

I had the old Mark 4 with York compressor in my 2 door. Mounted to left in passenger area but with fairly neat ducting to center. It worked like every other Mark 4 - very well. Kept car cool no issue. Be interested to see how the Vintage air unit works in comparison

I had the old Mark 4 with York compressor in my 2 door.

I did also in my 77 and it worked well.
The only problem was that it had an idler pulley down really low as the compressor hung off the LH . The bearing got wet easily and they used to fail often.

I had an 81 in Saudi with an Alpinaire setup (Italian). It worked well also after I sikaflexed the quarterlights and sliding windows closed. It also had a York compressor but on the RH of the motor. I fitted a 16inch or so Mercedes280SE electric fan to help in the 45+ambient. It would cool down to about 35C from 50C.
They both worked well on R22 but I don't know how good on R134A. Maybe you could try LPG Greenchill.
My 91 had the setup like in the picture above and it worked very well especially with Greenchill.
The fans in front of the condenser have to be working or the head pressure rises lots.
For the 91s to work well you have to remove the bottom trim and vacuum about 3 tonnes of fluff and dirt out of the fans. You also have to make sure that the hose to the RH vent is actually attached behind the dash. A touch of Sikaflex on the hinges of the vents will stop them rattling as will some foam draft excluder on the top and bottom of the vent where i t fits in the dash.
Regards Philip A

My compressor is mounted bottom left of engine in line with power steering pump. Drive belt runs it and power steering. No idler pulley. To tension the power steering pump swivels on top bolt with an adjustable stay on bottom to timing cover. I converted the York to R134A back in 94 only thing required was different oil in pump. It worked just as well as F22