Regassing county aircon?

**isuzurover** · 4th December 2006, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Gavo

If someone imported a bunch of defender aircon units at a reasonable price it would solve a lot of problems.

I actually prefer the county system - you do lose the vents, but you don't have an air con system you are bashing your knees on (or that freezes your knees and not much else...).

**JDNSW** · 4th December 2006, 12:30 PM

Actually my County has a custom installation - done by a country bloke who was set up to install aircon in tractors, headers etc. It occupies most of the cubby box, and is quite effective - I deliberately got a County without aircon. Don't lose the vents and no effect on knee room.

John

**isuzurover** · 4th December 2006, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Actually my County has a custom installation - done by a country bloke who was set up to install aircon in tractors, headers etc. It occupies most of the cubby box, and is quite effective - I deliberately got a County without aircon. Don't lose the vents and no effect on knee room.

John

Any pics John???

**JDNSW** · 4th December 2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Any pics John???

I'll take some.

John

**JDNSW** · 4th December 2006, 03:18 PM

Photo attached.

**DeeJay** · 4th December 2006, 03:20 PM

[quote=isuzurover]Thanks guys - great help. Deejay - where exactly is this flap? I have found the flap which switches between fresh and recirculated air, but where is the one you mention? The heater valve is a bit of a silly design for Australia, when it is not supplied with vacuum it is open, and only closes when supplied with vacuum. Is this valve the same?

The lever on the dash that you physically slide for hot or cold opens this flap. I never looked which did what, but the fresh air passes thru one one of the matrix's, probably the aircon one.
Hope that makes sense.
I've chucked out the vacuum stuff and the next project is to buy a cheap central locking kit and use those actuators. What a job!!!

**isuzurover** · 4th December 2006, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Photo attached.

Wow - that was quick mate. So those two vents are the whole system? where does the ducting run?

Deejay - all the vacuum tubing and switches was one of the few things which worked on the county until I put it in storage for a couple of years while OS. Looks like some mice got into the engine bay and liked the taste of the vacuum tubing...

**JDNSW** · 4th December 2006, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Wow - that was quick mate. So those two vents are the whole system? where does the ducting run?

........

No ducting - its recirculating - takes air from behind the seats. The cubby box is only about two inches deep except for a section big enough to stand a street directory at the back. The lid is made from a Series under seat toolbox lid, fitted with a pad I made myself from various scraps.

Not as good as a fresh air system, but you can open the vents a bit, plus, of course, the heater fresh air is usually on. Has a pair of pipes plus wires going underneath the floor to under the bonnet, compressor and all the other bits more or less as usual..

John

**ladas** · 4th December 2006, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Photo attached.

I have a spare one of those in the garage - anybody want it

Ladas

**byron** · 5th December 2006, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by ladas

I have a spare one of those in the garage - anybody want it

Ladas

Ladas : do you or anyone in Sydney here know who will do a hydrocarbon refrigerant regas?......I spent about $2100 getting my Disco coverted to 134a and replacing the compressor, drier, other bits last summer when I got it.......would dearly love to get the air going again in a RR Classic I'm playing with ATM.......any ideas?

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