Retrofit Airconditioning on 2005 Cooper S

[Zvin]

Hi All,

I have just purchased a 2005 Cooper S and would like to Retro Fit Air Conditioning... Does anyone have an idea of how to go about this or has anyone gone through this already??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[lee-swindon]

i can imagine it being alot of hassle!!

[canned_heat]

Does it have no air con at all or do you mean you want to upgrade to climate?

Retrofitting air-con will be a big job. You'll need piping, rad, pumps, controls...etc.

[mab01uk]

A couple of people have done this on here, I have collected all the s/h parts and a wiring harness to retro-fit but have not had the time recently to remove my whole dash to fit yet. Quite a big job but dash comes out as a complete assembly and is detailed quite well in the Bentley Mini manual. You need to like a bit of a challenge..............

Heres more in Link below plus a BMW MINI pdf instructions download for the Air Con retrofit kit.
Retrofitting Auto Air Conditioning Guide - Mini Torque

Some more info here:-
http://www.mini2.com/forum/interior-...rol-panel.html

Post no.2 here has some pics of the dash assy removed and air con/heater assembly:-
http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fi...t-working.html

[Zvin]

Thanks for the advice! will have a look! i think i need to fit in everything since it has no A/C at all so have no idea what i'm gonna find (or going in for!!)

more info will be appreciated!!
thanks again!

[Zvin]

By the way am looking to retrofit normal A/C not the automatic one...probably cheaper and hopefully less complicated!!

[mab01uk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zvin (original)

By the way am looking to retrofit normal A/C not the automatic one...probably cheaper and hopefully less complicated!!

All the parts you need are listed in the post links/pdf above. The basic heater unit has to be replaced with the very similar air-con unit which has the evaporator rad as well as the standard heater martix fitted.

The automatic climate air con is a different unit and more complicated but is the only system BMW seem to do the retrofit add on wiring harness for as far as I know, I too would prefer to fit the less complicated manual air con. but you would need to work out the basic wiring, etc, from a scrap donor Mini perhaps? Both systems require your BC1 programming/coding by a main dealer or fitting the BC1 from a donor Mini with A/C.

[Zvin]

cheers thanks... If you do come across any PDFs for manual A/C it would be great!!

thanks!

[chris.lamb]

Had a look, not an option.

[IrishCooper]

Your 05 didnt come with A/C? i have never seen that in 4 years of MINIs

[mab01uk]

Quote: Originally Posted by IrishCooper (original)

Your 05 didnt come with A/C? i have never seen that in 4 years of MINIs

Auto and Manual A/C on UK MINI's was only fitted as an optional extra until this year, when manual A/C became standard and Auto/Climate an upgrade option.