marco420 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Quick question, i already had my AC removed after i swapped the engine but the internal AC radiator inside the dash has not been dealt with yet, does anyone know if that comes off without removing the whole dash? If yes can you give a quick explanation please?Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knight Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Whole dash will have to come out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfix Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Way back in 1999 I retro-fitted a genuine Rover air-con kit to my 1997 Rover 400 (same year and shape/heating system to my 1997 Honda Civic 5 door MB2).As I rememember I did not need to take out the dash to fit the small ai-rcon radiator behind the glovebox.It was simply a matter of removing a section of the plastic heating ducting and sliding the radiator in followed by coupling up to the pipe work in the engine compartment.I guess taking it out would be similar and the access is all behind the glove box? The resulting "gap" in the heating ducting is filled with a section of ducting from a breakers (Honda Civic or Rover 400). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 that's intresting, i had a mb1 and did compare it to m mum's rover 416, all though they do share some part's other's are differnt. but i do remember in the handbook of the mb1, it did say a/c was a dealer fit option... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfix Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yep. The aircon system fitted to my Honda Civic MB3 was a dealer fit. I know as I paid for it to be fitted. It took less than a day for them to fit it. They advertised this dealer fit system at my local dealers for quite a few years.The Rover 400 aircon retro-fit kit came in an impressive wooden box and included everything (and I do mean everything) to fit the system. Only the gassing/oil/dye had to be done by a specialist.It also had an amazing step-by-step installation manual in several languagesI managed to snap up the kit on ebay for about a quarter of the price I paid Honda and took me a day to fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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