AM V8 S III - Air Conditioning

[AstonV8]

I think I will need to replace the entire aircon system on my car, and I may overhaul the heating at the same time. Any comments, observations or recommendations ? The Borg Warner unit has overheated and blown a chunk of metal out of the casing, so I think its fair to say its dead.... but I gather new aircon systems legally have to be to modern standards because the old gas is illegal now anyway...

[Alanq]

I’d try Puddleduck to see if they’ve any second hand units in first of all www.puddleduck.uk.com/
If not have a wander through your yellow pages and see if there’s a specialist auto air-con technician in your area. All the V8 air-con bits were also fitted to other cars and can usually be sourced a lot cheaper than via an AM main dealer. You should be able to have the existing system re-gassed with stuff that meets the new regs, mine has the old CoolAir system and that’s been regassed and is working fine.