110 Isuzu County Buyers Check List?

Murray

Is there an Australian distributor?

Is it feasible to use one of the older under dash retrofit type units mounted to the roof and some sort of ducted system?
Need to consider refrig pipe runs and drain route

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Originally Posted by D3Jon

If you decode the VIN of that car using this online tool:

Clifton Scientific Text Services, the Netherlands

You have to add a digit at the end as there is one missing from the advert (any number will do as it's just the car's unique number)The missing digit is the 11th - 'F' ("Assembly Location - Overseas from CKD")

Anyway it comes back that this car was originally fitted with a V8 motor. I suspected as much because the VIN number of any factory Isuzu engined car (post 1980) has a 'Z' as the 8th letter.

Jon

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I thought that too, that all Isuzu-engined LRs had 'Z' as the 8th digit, but I don't believe this was the case with the 3.9D (Stage One). Two I have seen have had 'V' (V8) in the VIN which were genuine factory Isuzu. In fact one tray I looked at according to the VIN was a wagon (7th digit 'M' instead of 'A') with even the '1' (9th digit) meaning RHD 4 speed manual being stamped 'I' (this error was repeated on the Compliance Plate).
Can anyone else who has a 3.9D (Stage One) confirm the above?
The CALVIN decoder I have found is not 100% accurate.

Rob W

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Originally Posted by isuzubob

I thought that too, that all Isuzu-engined LRs had 'Z' as the 8th digit, but I don't believe this was the case with the 3.9D (Stage One). Two I have seen have had 'V' (V8) in the VIN which were genuine factory Isuzu. In fact one tray I looked at according to the VIN was a wagon (7th digit 'M' instead of 'A') with even the '1' (9th digit) meaning RHD 4 speed manual being stamped 'I' (this error was repeated on the Compliance Plate).
Can anyone else who has a 3.9D (Stage One) confirm the above?
The CALVIN decoder I have found is not 100% accurate.

Rob W

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Interesting, thanks for that Rob.

Maybe they didn't start with the 'Z' code until the 110's then? Or I wonder if the CKD kits that were built into Australian Stage One's actually came out complete with a V8 motor that was then replaced by LRA with the Isuzu?

There's another VIN decoder, here: Land Rover VIN Checker

However, I find the Clifton one (CALVIN) more accurate. The Disgruntled Goat one tells me my 110 is a Range Rover Classic! :D

Jon

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Originally Posted by land864

Murray

Is there an Australian distributor?

Is it feasible to use one of the older under dash retrofit type units mounted to the roof and some sort of ducted system?
Need to consider refrig pipe runs and drain route

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Webasto list distributors on their site. I emailed some of them to get the quote............. Distributors

As far as I can tell, the Webasto units are an all in one unit, they don't need to be plumbed to anything................A/C system Compact Cooler 5

Murray

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Originally Posted by rijidij

Got an email quote on a Webasto Compact Cooler 5 (CC5) today...............$2686 plus tax plus freight

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Is this the same as Gerry has on his???

The 4E looks slightly smaller, but has a 24V motor. It draws 68A at 24V!!! So 136A at 12V. The 5 must draw almost 200A!!!

I bought a TD5 aircon system. Probably not as good as these units - but less expensive and draw less amps.

When fitting I was going to modify it to fit some pipe work up through the existing heater channeling to send cold air to vents either side of the car radio or under the radio (defender angle style fitted radio). A bit similar to how heater pipe work delivers warm air to windscreen vents.