air con

[butchers2]

Hello every one
I want to take out my air con i have never used it in the two years i have had the car.
I have looked at a lot of post about air con and cant find what i am looking for.
I would like to know how to take it out and how hard it is to do and has any one got any pics of want needs to be took out.
any would be great.
thanks liam

[Rusty]

I took mine out last year. You can easily take out the condensor (in front of the main rad), compressor (below the turbo / airbox), drier in the same area. No specific pics I'm afraid except for this one...

[Lloyd]

How much weight does this save?

[Rusty]

About 20kg. Not sure what the weight of the AC blower box is compared to the standard one. Total saving is possibly 25kg if you remove everything. What it does give is a lot better access to the engine for maintenance.

I still need to ditch the AC front pulley as that's got to be a bit more weighty than a non AC version as it has the extra belt drive for the AC.

[Flat on my back]

Larf...

What it does give is a lot better access to the engine for maintenance.



Not that you take the front end off much...

Did the same on my 90, take it slow and all the gubbings, wiring and pipes will come out.

Only thing left in mine is the 'heat exchanger' in the 'air box' inside the dash.

[Rusty]

Not that you take the front end off much...

Actually I do for some reason...

[newsh]

And don't forget to put all the bolts back when you remove the brackets or you'll get a mystery oil leak..

[butchers2]

Hello
Thanks for the replys every one.
Is there any pipes that need to be blocked off or can you use ones off a non air con version.
and how hard is it to do as i have not done much like this befor.
thanks again
liam