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Are you absolutely certain it didn’t have ac at one time? Maybe a po removed the components (lines, dryer, compressor and condenser) from the engine bay for some reason and fitted an ac delete bracket, quite easy to do and would look factory. I’m only saying that because you need to pray that the evaporator is still there as trying to fit one of those is impossible without removing the complete dash. I am convinced that they started with the evaporator on the production line and built the rest of the car around it
Are you absolutely certain it didn’t have ac at one time? Maybe a po removed the components (lines, dryer, compressor and condenser) from the engine bay for some reason and fitted an ac delete bracket, quite easy to do and would look factory. I’m only saying that because you need to pray that the evaporator is still there as trying to fit one of those is impossible without removing the complete dash. I am convinced that they started with the evaporator on the production line and built the rest of the car around it
Absolutely sure, as the VIN does not show option 559 or 573 Air Conditioner, but only 424 Automatic Heating Control. However, I am hopimg that the car came with the same housing and perhaps with the evaporator as well. Is there a way to see it without removing the whole dash?
Absolutely sure, as the VIN does not show option 559 or 573 Air Conditioner, but only 424 Automatic Heating Control. However, I am hopimg that the car came with the same housing and perhaps with the evaporator as well. Is there a way to see it without removing the whole dash?
None of my cars have option codes 559 or 573 listed yet they all have air conditioning. Afaik S2’s all came standard with AC so it would not be listed as an option, but having said that maybe you could order one without AC and that’s why you have code 424 listed as an option, idk for sure just an educated guess, PCNA would confirm for sure.
I doubt very much they would fit an evaporator if your car was not optioned with AC, however you should be able to see the two pipes that extend from the evaporator if you peak under the dash in the passenger side. If they are present they are likely blocked off as the metal pipes leading through the firewall which they connect to are not obviously there.
I too am skeptical that an S2 did not come with A/C. Have you verified, in the car, that those parts are not present?
I couldn't visualize what an A/C housing would look like. Thank you for providing the P/Ns. They are 38, 39 and 40 in the attached image. I thought I might be able to help, but all I have are the pipes and condenser that I took off my car. Free to anyone that wants to pay for shipping...
I too am skeptical that an S2 did not come with A/C. Have you verified, in the car, that those parts are not present?
I couldn't visualize what an A/C housing would look like. Thank you for providing the P/Ns. They are 38, 39 and 40 in the attached image. I thought I might be able to help, but all I have are the pipes and condenser that I took off my car. Free to anyone that wants to pay for shipping...
Thanks a lot for the replies. It surely looks like it never had an A/C. The car is in Istanbul, Turkey. Unlike US, many cars came without A/C here. Also, some of the hints are that the alternator bracket is original non-A/C version, the condenser, compressor, evaporator, piping, etc., are all missing, control panel on dashboard is non A/C version.
I will certainly be very happy to take the pipes and the condenser. I am enquiring about importing them into Turkey. If that pans out, I plan to provide you with a US address and ask a friend to forward it to me. Hope that will be OK. I can do a bank transfer for shipping costs.
Will let you know as soon as I get an answer, probably by Monday.
...The car is in Istanbul, Turkey. Unlike US, many cars came without A/C here...
Ah ha! There you go. I’ve seen S2’s in Europe without AC, I came across two in England without it last year so I’d say quite common outside the US (where it was a standard option).
If you need any later (86 on) parts I have a ton of AC stuff stripped from a couple of track cars.
Very interesting. Was the car built for the Turkish market?
Let me know on the parts.
Thank you Scott. The car is a standart European version I believe. There were no cars built specific to the Turkish market. There are very few 944's and even less S2's in Turkey.
01-03-2019, 06:00 PM
A/C Housing
) 1990 944 S2.
