Climate control conversion

[sleeperalti]

has anyone on here ever done a climate control conversion on a 1st gen? I was curious what is needed to convert from the dial, slider controller, to the digital controller

[BLACK SE]

Interesting thought, considering swapping it out from a Maxima?

[sleeperalti]

no, the altimas had a digital setup too, but most came with the regular slider setup. I jsut dont know what all needs to be done to do the conversion

[realeztace]

I rememer someone doign the conversion dotn remember who.. they said it was mroe of a pain i nthe but then anything that sensors and wireing harnesses needed to be replaced or customized... i think its a cool job nice 2 get into i love wires... its what i do on my spare time i rewired abs and complete sterreo and tied neons to headlights... fun post pics if u get this going

[JLewisinSyr]

A lot is required. There are ambient sensors, sunload sensors, different blower motors, relays, wiring harnesses and of course the control unit itself. It's not an easy job to take on and I know NO ONE who has actually completed the conversion.

[Decoy]

if you had lots and lots of money, you could pay someone to do it. probably would take several days though. in my opinion totally not worth it.

[sleeperalti]

i have a unit, but i wasnt sure what else i needed. plus, my car is going to be down for the winter if i get this beater, so i will have the time. its the parts i am wondering about

[AltyDriver]

have a nissan mech print out the parts sheet or get an FSM

[thesteve]

Heres a few files that should help you. These are for a 95

Link

[weed101160]

i remember back in the day our electronic genious poisonfist didnt even want to attempt it

[jserrano]

I believe this has never been done before and I'd recommend you work with a Nissan FSM on this project.

I plan on doing a manual to digital climate control conversion for next year but if you get the first bragging rights please keep us informed on your conversion project. My initial assessment for the conversion seems plausible but the truth will come once the project is actually started.


Question for other members that might want to list this one for a future project,

Would you rather have a project tracking thread started and then post the progress for the conversion a little at a time? I've seen others take this approach.

or

Create a detailed document that can be downloaded and printed when the entire project is completed? This tends to leave a much cleaner feel for the project but with mistakes and flaws typically out of the equation.

or

Just have mostly pictures taken of the project and less verbage.

[sleeperalti]

im gonna start looking into what all i need, if i do decide to do it, Im sure it wont be easy. but thats half the fun

[thesteve]

That would be a pretty cool mod/project. Any idea how much this would cost?

[sleeperalti]

dont know, just downloaded that link you left. after i read it over later this week, ill see what all i need to get it done and the cost of it.