air con removal

**leet5r** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 15:48

does any 1 have any pics of the air con removed , and whats the best easyest way to do , i want to remover the air con rad so i can use a thicker intercooler etc and think it will help with a bit weight loss.
cheers

**Tomcat** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 16:22

Just buy yourself a belt off a none aircon car and then remove the pump/aircon rad etc...... Simples....Wonder if the aircon rad off an 850 is the same as a 960?, I need one for mine,lol.

**leet5r** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 16:28

Originally Posted by Tomcat

Just buy yourself a belt off a none aircon car and then remove the pump/aircon rad etc...... Simples....Wonder if the aircon rad off an 850 is the same as a 960?, I need one for mine,lol.

if it is al swap for 1 of ya spliters lol

**Tomcat** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 16:32

Lol.....

**dooby** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 17:41

Hi,

you can keep the air-con and still have a thicker intercooler if you want. It's a bit harder maybe, with some modification and fabrication but that's what I'm running.

There's a thread with some pics here:

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=65061

HTH, Pete

**leet5r** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 21:16

Originally Posted by Tomcat

Lol.....

tomcat if you found out that its the correct 1 for yours , al take mine off and do a deal for a spliter like m8

**Tomcat** · Sunday 4th July 2010, 22:10

No probs mate, just got to find out now....

**Redbrick** · Monday 5th July 2010, 00:07

Originally Posted by leet5r

does any 1 have any pics of the air con removed , and whats the best easyest way to do , i want to remover the air con rad so i can use a thicker intercooler etc and think it will help with a bit weight loss.
cheers

Funny isn't it, I'm trying to put aircon back into my 855 after it was butchered with bolt croppers to fit a bigger intercooler. Borrow the aircon pipe removal tools from your local dealer, the blue and black ones are the ones you need. They fit on the hard pipes and when you pull them back into the quick release fittings they expand the circular springs that hold the fittings together. You can then put everything back in if you ever want aircon back. Remember there is no need to loose your aircon, with a bit of playing you can keep it with a bigger IC. You should get the system de-gassed before disconnecting anything.
HTH Andy