A/C retrofit

[fenwick458]

to retrofit AC to the caddy, does the engine have to come out?
I remember my old golf had lots of pipework running around the engine, i think you would have needed to take the engine out OR a hell of alot of the contents of the bay to fit those pipes.

so just wondering, has it been done before?

[dan@biali]

I priced up all the parts off etka needed to retrofit ac and once it got to £3k I gave up! Fitting it would be monumental task but not sure whether engine would need to come out.

[Cryptwalk]

I must admit I've been thinking about is a lot of late what with the heat we've been blessed with.

My van is a right sweat box!

[I.D.S.]

3K you could buy a lot of Mcd's iced drinks for that

[stumpymark]

3k???!!! Bloody hell I will be sticking with opening the window then.

[fenwick458]

to put things in perspective, i think i read on another forum that someone attempted to price a mk4 golf in peices off ETKA and gave up at £70,000...

[dan@biali]

Exactly. But just goes to show how many parts make up the a/c system. Ideally find a Caddy with a/c at a breakers and start ripping it apart but could be complicated and time consuming!

[Zed]

Probably just be cheaper and far easier swapping the van for another one with A/C

[Cryptwalk]

Tbf this weather is pretty rare, grin and bear it.

[Drumbum]

Haha i'd say all of us that are sweating have considered it over the past few weeks, not really worth it given the frequency of a heatwave but my god it would be nice. The dash would have to come out for the heater box but the engine doesnt have to come out.

[dan@biali]

Here is the etka diagram for just the aircon unit and pipework, there's also the aircon pump which was £900 and maybe a different mounting bracket and pulley, a controller for the dash at £500 plus loads of other bits.

[R6-JAY]

That looks like a lot of hardwork, I'd much rather do the window down.

[beansman]

Was also looking at retrofitting one, luckily i grabbed a Caddy with it already fitted. Seems quite expensive and hard to do :s