fitting aircon into late classic advice???
 

hi people im half way through fitting aircon to my99 uk and ive done all bits under the bonnet all i need to do now is change the matrix under the dash now originally i was told this was a complete dash out job but was then told by a guy on here you dont need to remove the dash atall could some1 please help me as its really hot and i want to use my new aircon :norty:
any help is appreciated thanks .taylor

You shouldnt need to replace the heater matrix, unless its failed, you have to fit the new a/c rad, double fan unit and the centre console and pipework, afaik that is all that is involved before having her gassed up, took them about 5 hours to fit mine to my new MY00 back in 2000, a dash out job would take that on its own.

Tony:)

I have to change the box with the aircon matrix inside (under the airbag on the passenger side behind the glovebox) and I keep getting mixed responses as to whether or not to take the dash out or not???

Its a dash out job, no other way of getting to it, they never did that to my MY00 though, no difference in the car between the 99 and 00 mechanically.

Tony:)

PS, when you say the aircon matrix, what exactly are you saying? the aircon has its own rad that goes infront of the normal rad, the matrix your talking about is a heater matrix, nothing to do with the aircon.

See this thread for some useful information:

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-c-owners.html

I did this conversion on my 98 Impreza, there is no need to take the dash out, just remove the glove box.

@ Tony, he means the evaporator that sits behind the glove box.

yes mate found that on a search and thats the guy chris who said he would send me the instructions but i cant get hold of him any more but i have tried? did you manage to do yours and did that guy send you the instructions?

see i have had a look/poke about after taking the glovebox out and cant see how to get it out does the whole box come out or just the evaporater if so how do you get it out cheers?

Let me know how you get on with this Taylor , as was thinking of doing the same to my 2000 wagon .

cheers Dan

will do prelude lol

Open the glove box and you should see that it is held in by four or five screws if i remember right, you need to remove it first as the evaporator sits directly behind it.

yes ive got that far but i mean the box that the evaporator is in (the 1 with the fan motor on it) does that come out or can you get the evaporator out?

Taylor What parts will i need to collect mate ?. I have found a guy selling the bits out of a p1 but he is in glasgow and that is a tad far for me .

Cheers

Dan

You will need to swap the whole unit over, don't open is up!! your one is for a non A/C car only.

Yes he did send me the instructions - he was very helpful indeed.

From what I remember, the evaporator fits to the original heater box etc.

I've not fully installed mine yet - i've had the engine bay part done but waiting on some parts to finish off the installation (i've got a local scooby specialist doing it - taken 90 mins so far).

i got my kit from grade a subaru and i did not have to take my dash out its quite easy once you see how there is 1 bolt up behind the dash and you can take it off with the dash in its just hard to put back in

hi mate youll need

pump (with brackets pipes and tensioner and belt)
second rad fan
relays
condensor (looks like a smaller rad in front of the rad)
aircon button from heating controles
small aluminium canister with pipes under the bonnet (dont know what its called sorry)
and of coarse the heater box with the evaporator inside and bungs

i think thats it from memory if i remember anything else ill let you know lol :thumb:

hi mate can you remember roughly how many bolts there are to take off of the box under the dash cheers :thumb:

sorry mate i can not remember but it was quite easy to take out once you got the bolt at the top out that is but that was not that hard with the correct tools

aha cheers for that mate i did it just now and it took all of half hour to do thanks for the help as some people on here would have you take the whole dash out to do it