air-con condenser. removal/refitting

[Stu L]

Just a note to anyone who ever needs to swap an air con-condenser.

CONTRARY TO THE TSRM, it's FAR easier to take the old one out/put the new one in, the "back way" (remove the coolant rad) than it is to try and squeeze it out/in, between the headlamp motors.

Ive just put the condenser from a turbo (smaller than the N/A's)
into my N/A (much more room to work than the turbo), and i STILL struggled for space.

The good news is, that the units are interchangeable.**



**although either one fits either car, i wouldn't recommend fitting an N/A's condenser to a turbo car, as it would completely sheild the coolant rad, (something Toyota obviously didn't seem to think mattered on the N/A.)

[lplpaca]

[QUOTE=Stu L]Just a note to anyone who ever needs to swap an air con-condenser.

CONTRARY TO THE TSRM, it's FAR easier to take the old one out/put the new one in, the "back way" (remove the coolant rad) than it is to try and squeeze it out/in, between the headlamp motors.[\QUOTE]

Even with the top half of the engine actually in the car? I take it you didn't need to remove the top half of your engine as the one you took it out of didn't have it in!

:cheeky:

[Stu L]

Nah mate, i didn't remove the head, only a couple of fingers :)