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Hi guys, I,m just wondering if anyone has had experience with aftermarket (under dash) air con units. I,m looking at installing air con in my hx 1 tonner (350 chev engine)but didn,t want to go the way of the integrated factory units. any info would be appreciated . thanks. Edited by user Monday, 22 October 2007 7:17:57 AM(UTC)
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you can still buy them new
seen them in some cars shops they are notmally on sale at car shows
theres on next weekend in perth
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I've put one in my LH, and one in my HQ. Both were second hand units, but are fine. Almost time I replaced the fan in the HQ unit, though, as it's a bit rattly. Bit of mucking around with brackets and condensors, though, but not difficult to do. I ins
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Ive put one in my LH, and one in my HQ. Both were second hand units, but are fine. Almost time I replaced the fan in the HQ unit, though, as its a bit rattly. Bit of mucking around with brackets and condensors, though, but not difficult to do. I insta
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Just contacted a few people about this in Melbourne last week...
As I was thinking of putting chev motor in the HZ tonner.You can buy the brackets straight off the shelve for the GM/Harrison compressors which I understand to be the same, but not for th
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sandans appear on a lot of cars, I pulled one off a VH 202.
I have a bunch of used compressors that came off wreckers stock to suit VH to VR, mostly 6 cyl but dont know if same as 8. dont see why they would be different, after they are cooling the same c
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sandans appear on a lot of cars, I pulled one off a VH 202.
I have a bunch of used compressors that came off wreckers stock to suit VH to VR, mostly 6 cyl but don't know if same as 8. don't see why they would be different, after they are cooling the same
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Thanks for the replies guys, I,m going to hold off for a bit longer and see what else is around in regards to aftermarket stuff, i,ve asked a few places for quotes and no-ones got back to me yet, so i,ll see what happens . I,ll just keep the windows down
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Pwrslave,
I went through a similar process to you about 12 months ago. What I ended up doing was scouring the wrecking yards until I found an aftermarket but intergrated unit for a HJ-WB. I found that there are still plenty around and the type I settled
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Car show in Perth had some on sale that fitted up under the dash. Size is about 250mm x 200mm. Armadale Auto parts West Aus have just started to import them. I am going to remove the glove box and maybe fit it up under, i shall see what happens. They a
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