Mk2 A/C in a mk1

Let battle comence

I'm not seeing the steering column blank plate.

Andy the tyre man wrote: I'm not seeing the steering column blank plate.

It is visable in the picture, attached to the evaporator box.

Is your F's engine wiring harness "aircon ready"?

I'm not seeing the five wires for ecu or feed for pump?????
Let me know if you need any advise as just fitted mine.
Regards Tommy
And car tax in Spain for one year 55. Euro's but has cost 600. to change plate over.

The story goes - When we were in Italy a few weeks ago Mrs TC mentioned that we could do with A/C in the F. I remebered there being a mk2 steppy with A/C in the local breakers so I started pooping in when I could after work and removed what I could.

I have got all the main parts except for some of the pipe work, Rimmers have most of that for under £100, the rest I'll get made up by Pirtek. Andy supplied the 7 hole switch panel.

I shall be making up my own loom as the only wiring in the car is the plug from the blower switch. The evap loom was still in the car but the switchs and wiring for one were mising, and they were mk2 anyway. A ZR supplied the A/C switch but as they have a manual recycle flap.....
My only worry is that the upto 2001 electric manual in the download section of the community tab above seems to be for the very early mk2 as it has mk2 switches and I am worried the wirring diagrams are the same.

The first job was to move the blower resistor pack. I made a blanking plate from an empty kitchen cleaner bottle bottom (it's thicker than the sides) and fitted it to the hole where the pack normal sits.

If you look inside the evaporator box there is a section of insulation missing

I wonder if the original plan was to install it here
as it is where mine was going

The only concern will be if it interfers with the glovebox.......

Think it's too low to foul on the glovebox.

I'll post a pic later to confirm as I've fitted my blower when I had the dash out.

I think I recall someone mentioning that air con cars have a different glovebox liner to provide clearance for the air con.
As over here all the cars have air, I've never seen one without it so I can't make the comparison.

Your right cobber.

Aircon glovebox



Normal glovebox

I didn't have the glovebox out of the doner car as it had a tan front, I plan to chop mine, might even add a hose so I can have a chilled glove box a la BMW.

It's tight