Thread: Modifying County vent flaps so they open

The obvious is to find a wrecked non AC County.

However there is a lot of mechanism and jiggery pokery required. Levers gauze screens and cables.

Here is a shot from the drivers view of a partially dismantled County firewall with some of the vent mechanism remaining after the dash has been removed.




Are you sure you need to do this 8O :wink:

Originally posted by one_iota


Are you sure you need to do this 8O :wink:

Fair question. But I'm getting rid of the non functioning AC system and previous experience with Series vehicles has shown me the value of the vents. The system on the Series 3's was pretty simple, I wonder if that would fit - I plan to get rid of the grey dash insert with the clock etc on the LHS and center.

I think, but not sure, that the actual vent flaps and controls are identical to the S3. The big problem will be the dash etc. The ideal though would be to get all the bits from a wrecked 110 - you should be able to use the bits from any 110 up to current - there are differences but you should be able to work round them.

Gday
Planning to do the same thing as you Mark2, have bought all the vents brackets heater/fan controls and cables (theres a fair bit of crap) from a wrecked 110 defender as well as heater box (make room for the turbo). I havent got around to fitting it yet, the hardest part I fear will be removing the panels that blank off the vents as they are spot welded on, and not just the odd spot but every cm all the way around. I guess they will have to drilled out unless someone has a better idea. The only part I couldnt get were the grills and the hinge that attaches to the outside of the firewall these can probably be made without too much fuss and rivetted on.

Read a very similar thread on Outerlimits a while ago where someone did this try:
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modules/...ht=county+vents

and this one

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modules/...ht=county+vents

Would be interested to see how you go and what parts you use, good idea in one of the threads to swap steering column at same time to get comfy steering wheel.

Cheers
Luke

Originally posted by 110county
Gday
The only part I couldnt get were the grills and the hinge that attaches to the outside of the firewall these can probably be made without too much fuss and rivetted on.

Early S2 had the hinges screwed to the flaps - should be able to pick up some of these from a wrecker and they could be used on the bulkhead, presumably rivetted on. Note that although there are several patterns the flaps themselves are interchangeable from S2 - current Defender.