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hainzy Offline
#1 Posted : Thursday, 23 April 2009 9:48:54 PM(UTC)
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Hi all.
Is this unit diferent to the normal air con units you find in the HQ through to WBs? is it after market or a different factory type? I have (or did have) the type that takes up half of the back of the glove box.. Is this that type? (i know stuff all about air con...!)

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#2 Posted : Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:17:08 PM(UTC)
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The unit is an aftermarket one, this can be seen from the compresor and mounting bracket, condensor are 100% not Holden.

These type normally mouted under the dash.

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#3 Posted : Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:28:03 PM(UTC)
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Thanks warren. So in my sandman where I had the type that took up half the back of the glovebox, was that just a standard factory setup? Just as it seems a bit odd that they did something like that from the factory?
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#4 Posted : Thursday, 23 April 2009 11:12:41 PM(UTC)
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Yes hainzy, as Warren said, this unit is an aftermarket item & was very common in the 70s. It looks like an AMC brand unit.

The a/cond unit you describe, where you lose the back half of the glovebox is a dealer-fitted GM P & A accessory unit. These wer

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#5 Posted : Friday, 24 April 2009 1:05:29 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Dr terry.
That makes a bit more sense then. Are the GM P & A accessory units hard to come by and worth putting back in or are you better to just get a Frigidaire/Harrison jobby?
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