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I took every little peice of my air conditioner out, and I kinda took my heater coil out too....

I would have put it right back but I bent the copper tubing.
So now my heater coil is in my engine compartment.

I'll have pics later, just thought it was kinda funny.

rotor vs. piston

I took all of my HVAC stuff out, saves ~25lbs. Good start on your weight reduction

Mr BiG G

wat components are under the dash to take out and how much work is involved? right now i have my a/c compressor and condensor and lines off. wats next?

Felgar

Under the dash for the A/C is quite easy. It's right in the middle of the passenger seat area. There's a large 'box' where you can see the tubes coming in through the firewall. IIRC, there's a bolt at the top, one at the bottom, and two straps that connect the box at each side to the other parts of the vent system. Quite easy to remove, just get yourself upside-down under the dash and you'll see.

Only problem is you'll need the piece of plastic that bridges that gap out of another RX without air or you'll be disconnecting all your vents from the fan.

H4Inf

hehe, just a question. I recieved my car with the Air Conditioning pump already removed... Problem is that if you press the AC button on the dash, it blows the fuse for the whole system. Any ideas where I should be looking to find the short?

Lookin forward to those pics =)

Felgar

Yeah look at the top of the in-dash compartment I was talking about. Near the bolt that attaches it to the roof of the firewall is a little module where the wires from the switch connect to. Those wires must be shorting out on each other.

If that compartment is already removed (ie. there are no pipes going through your firewall) then look directly behind the glove box, underneath the dash.

H4Inf

I found the connections. I unplugged the AC connector but it still blows fuses. The problem is in the switch, so I'll replace that. Cheers for the help =)

Gregs

interesting, i had the same problem on my 81, however it never had a/c but it had the button for the a/c, i just made sure to never touch the a/c button,

DJAngelicon

Same here, I don't have a/c but it have the button for the a/c, I try not to touch it or have it on.

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Won't be able to get pics, the only person I know with a digital camera is out of town for a long while. sorry