Thread: 1995 Defender 130 Aircon

Attaching photos of the aircon knobs in my Defender. My wife complained about the aircon the other day. From what I can see it only has three outlets a bit above knee height and it appears that I cannot adjust the aircon air to vent out of the openings below the windscreen.

As far as the knobs go, one of them is the fan speed with three speed settings but it is the inner one that I wish to enquire about; the one that activates the aircon. I did not have it on fully to the 7.00 o’clock position, only about 3.00 o’clock, thus the complaints from my wife that the cabin was not getting cold.

The blue line suggests it goes from minimum to maximum. However, what actually happens when I turn that knob further around; what does it activate? I am a bit limited in knowledge on car air conditioning. I note the compressor and the condenser and that it needs to be filled with a non-ozone reducing gas but that is about it.

So what happens in the unit when I advance that aircon knob??

if you have it on full it will ice up in my experience

do as stated above as it is on the money...