DIY: (Coming Soon) Climate Control Install

[SDate42]

Did you cheap out and buy an early CH?
Do you really hate having to adjust three dials and press a button to demist your windscreen?
Maybe your manual dials are getting stuck, clunking or don't do anything?
Do you currently have a positive outlook on life that you're looking to ruin?
Well, what are you waiting for? It's time to start your CH climate control conversion.

The later model CH's and EVO's got lucky and scored a climate control setup, which remove those janky mechanical adjusters for heater boxes and air distribution. You do get a little bit short changed, compared to the CE guys - no screen. But this setup is super compact, and lets you run a double DIN screen hassle free. This is a link to the EVOM method for the evo guys. I will be detailing a more AUDM specific method, and more budget friendly than the "buy everything new from mitsubishi" attitude they seem to have over there.

STEP1 - Don't.

STEP2 - More coming soon.

 

[staahnaah]

Did you cheap out and buy an early CH?
Do you really hate having to adjust three dials and press a button to demist your windscreen?
Maybe your manual dials are getting stuck, clunking or don't do anything?
Do you currently have a positive outlook on life that you're looking to ruin?
Well, what are you waiting for? It's time to start your CH climate control conversion.

The later model CH's and EVO's got lucky and scored a climate control setup, which remove those janky mechanical adjusters for heater boxes and air distribution. You do get a little bit short changed, compared to the CE guys - no screen. But this setup is super compact, and lets you run a double DIN screen hassle free. This is a link to the EVOM method for the evo guys. I will be detailing a more AUDM specific method, and more budget friendly than the "buy everything new from mitsubishi" attitude they seem to have over there.

STEP1 - Don't.

STEP2 - More coming soon.

Lol at step 1

 

[donki]

STEP1 - Don't.

STEP2 - More coming soon.

hahahaha nice

 

[SDate42]

I’ll fix the first post when I’m all sorted, but I’ll reply down here to keep ya’ll posted as I go. You never know what someone will find useful in the future.

I’m currently without all my info, BUT

YOU WILL NEED:
Complete heaterbox/evaporator (incl motors)
A/C module
Trims/Facia
4x temp sensors
Light sensor (optional)
Distribution box (ONLY motor and levers req)
Wiring loom for motors
2x plugs for back of A/C unit

ducting is the same, cabin filter is the same.

WIRING
Some wiring needs to be added, some can simply be repined.

there are 13 wires leaving the A/C module that are run into the body/dash loom.

My initial thought was to leave the stock loom alone and drop in my new loom, in ontop. This is possible, but arguably more annoying and messy.
I will be repining Wires for rheostat, Illumination, Terminal 30, Terminal 15, A/C switch to ECU, the deffoger and the pressure switch. 9

This all depends on the plugs that are connected to my manual A/C module. From the wiring diagrams they are not the same, there are 3 possible other plugs that are not the same. HOWEVER - the evo forums show pictures of cars with plugs on the manual that match the CC module. Who knows. Hopefully me soon.

 

[SDate42]

Wiring for the outside air temp sensor exists in the engine bay of my non Climate Control 2004 CH VRX. Photo Sensor blank lives on all dashboards in the center - easy install.

This CC setup gives you Electronic Temp Blend Door and Electronic flow direction control. You already have electronic recirculation. You need the fan motor from a CC model - it uses a PWM setup rather than the factory resistor fan setup.

Connectors C30, C31, C107 and C15 will be added to the car.
They replace and make redundant C32, C107(old), C131, C16 and C14.

Can repin - ECU, P/SW, Rheo Stat, Defogger, Illumination 12v Supply and Earth.

 

[SDate42]

Hello old friend. Did I start ANOTHER project and leave it? Who knows, who cares!

Since our last visit, I have confirmed all the pinouts of the new Climate Control setup, taken a good guess at the pinout for standard A/C from wiring diagrams, stripped a CC dash loom and extracted the CC wiring required for setup. I think my family hates me.

 

[SDate42]

Now is about the time I would start to tidy up the harness, sheath it and make splits and joins where the wires need to branch off ect. BUT I have no idea where most of them need to run - I know to which connector, but not the connectors physical relationship with anything else. The next step will be dashboard removal, laying the harness over the old one, testing it, taking photos, removing harness and making it pretty. If the test fit goes okay, I'll post an updated spreadsheet with complete pinouts easy to copy. Hoping for no changes, but I always budget for a margin of error

PINOUT.xlsx

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