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I'm trying to find out more about this option at the time as not every Toyota offered it and I know it was a very expensive option. Was the AC fitted in Japan or when the car was imported, how much was it as an option and how many were sold.- this was available in addition to the factory fit ones.£3k! that's a heck of a lot of dosh back in the 80's nevermind today!..- not a job for the lighthearted IMO though!
- Circuit Pack 
Lauren wrote:Reason i don't think dealer fit is likely is mostly due to the inherent complexity of trying to retrofit it.
Wouldn't like the job of fitting it though 
of course, that diagram doesn't show how little space you probably have to fit all of it into lol
It was always something I though I needed, but in reality it has little use over what the fully retracted windows can offer on a mild to warm day. On a scorcher of a day its a different matter and is exceptional. I can only imagine it is even worse on an NA. 010on1986 wrote:A/C was always something I wanted on the Na.
When the a/c is switched on and you find yourself crawling in slow traffic it zaps hp like crazy in the low rpms, does anyone else find this the case? that a/c pump must steal 30% of your power at low revs.
. use it quite a lot. Obviously it does take power from the engine, but it isn't an issue as such. The idle automatically raises when the AC comes on. Both cars have enough go in them not to be that comprimised by the AC.- Circuit Pack If this is a fault with my car I can't figure what it could be...so I always switch it on when rolling at 2000rpm +. ???? It makes changing the oil filter more difficult than it needs to be and it is just extra weight in the wonderful green Irish climate where it rains 99% of the time and rarely gets above 12C even in summer...?010on1986 wrote:
- switch on the a/c and it holds at 1250/1300 rpm. its just when you then accelerate it seems bog down/ sap the power until 2000rpm. Can it lose the idle up when you press the accelerator? Just a niggle, don't have it on an awful lot unless stuck in traffic on one of those rare high summer temperature days.... I even started taking the drivers side tbar out on rare occations... nightmare. 010on1986 wrote:I'm sure it idles up, on tickover 850rpm
True, changing the oil filter is a real pain in the ar$e, even worse try getting to the oil pressure sender, tucked in behind the a/c pump.
Then you have no issue with the compressor getting in the way.- Circuit Pack Would never buy a car without it again really as essential for todays driving IMHO. Zaps power but then if your stuck in traffic your going no where fast! AW11 Forever..! wrote:Was it only Pinewood Toyota that offered this service? All the MK1's that were sold via Pinewood had a Pinewood sticker on the back lip of the boot lid, mine has been peeled off but you can still see the imprint, thats how I knew it was supplied by them.
Given the cost of it it is no surprise that hardly anyone went for it.- Circuit Pack 
"Pinewood" as such (just ignore what Sam says most people do 
) but the system may of been installed by them. When i brought the car it was 1 owner from new, now the fella i brought it from used to work for toyota, at which dealership i cant remember as the car was first registered in his wife's name, and he was able to buy my aw11 at "trade cost" as it was when the sw20's were now being onto the market and old stock needed to be sold off to make room, from then he sent it off to whatever dealership/company was fitting air-con / climate control at the time and paid to have it installed, again i presume at trade cost within the company, and from 1990 untill 2007 it was used as a run around, school run and trips abroad by his wife and himself untill sometime at the start of this year the engine drew it's last breath and decided that with 78,000 miles under its tyres, con-rod number 1 was no longer fit for this world and severed it self from the crank, winning said car through ebay earlier this year, i have replaced the engine with another 4age, donated from Sam himself , the car is now up and running under it's own steam, but being busy with work and other commitments i have not had the time to get it through a MOT but rest assured it will be on the road sometime, just not anytime soon 
Does it still work? - Circuit Pack 