I just picked the car up from the legend air con man and he said it was an absolute C$%# of a job. There is a little pipe which he called a secondary cooling pipe that runs inside the pipe I butchered. Plus it's a one piece unit that runs under the car to the rear condenser. He had to remove the air box and the pipe from the car to repair it. He also mounted my battery tray and pipe to the tray for $390.50. What a life saver and a talented tradesman!
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I had a Outback battery tray fitted 18 months ago (cost me $120.00)+ tray, I did not think the pipe had to be bent far and the installer said it was a relative easy thing to gently bend the a/c pipe a little further to the engine bay and refitting the support bracket to the tray. The tray is secured to the guard as well and has a heat shield on the exhaust/engine side of the tray. It enables a 12 inch battery to be fitted, I used a EB702, 90 amp hour. Also means you don't need to alter the starting battery position.
I was advised this is the heaviest battery that can be used without risking cracking of the guard.
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Originally posted by BigRed View PostI had a Outback battery tray fitted 18 months ago (cost me $120.00)+ tray, I did not think the pipe had to be bent far and the installer said it was a relative easy thing to gently bend the a/c pipe a little further to the engine bay and refitting the support bracket to the tray.
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I've just had my aircond fail. Had the mech take a look at it yesterday and he found a hole in the aluminium tubing that I had moved over to install the second battery tray. While it looks like 6-8 mm clearance to the air inlet to the engine, the vibration when driving must be enough to have rubbed thru the plastic ribbed protector and worn thru the alum pipe.
Mech suggested a new pipe from $oyota so after spending about 30 minutes looking a diagrams trying to find the correct part, he infprms me a new pipe is $791. A new compressor looked cheaper.
Mech shocked at price and is now trying to see if he can get someone to repair it.
In hindsight, the dual battery install in the prado is a pain the the a***. In would recommend going for a smaller battery tray and battery that did not require any movement of the aircon pipes.
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Where is the best place in Brisbane to get this fixed these days ?2012 Pearl White VX, 3.0 Litre D4D Auto, Wynnum 2.5T Tow Bar, OME Lift, TJM Airtech snorkle, TJM diff breathers, Redarc EBRH, Projecta DBC100K, Lightforce XGT, EBC Nudge bar, Custom Recovery Points, TG150, ARB compressor, Pioneer Platform, Kaymar #K7123 /CDQ2195, 697 A/T's, Tin's DC trans cooler, MaxTrax on TraxRax, TJM DBS, Piranha Tray...
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Old topic I know but just thought I'd add my 2 cents.
I am an A/c guy and had to do mine the other day as I had a rub through the line. Probably amongst the worst job I've ever had to do.
But anyway, I digress...
The 2nd battery was installed when I got the vehicle and had been installed for over 150,000k's before rubbing through. The guy that installed the 2nd battery unbolted the line from a mount on the line to be able to flex the line enough to work around the battery without having to bend it too much.
After repairing the line and reinstalling it, I found a bolt and bolted it where it should have been...
Then I went to install the battery and low and behold, figured out then that the line interferes with where the battery sits.
As I said dealing with the line was $h1t, if dealing with that line wasn't the worst job I've had to do, it would be in the grand final! So I just went with a smaller battery until I get motivated to deal with it again...
So I just wanted to tell people if they have a second battery installed, do check out the workmanship to save a rub through in the future! I'll see if I can get some pictures of what to look for at the battery and at the mount.
This is at least on the 3L d4d models, not sure on the others
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300mm battery just won't fit in there without major surgery of some sort and bending aluminium is fraught with danger. I alslo went with a really good 250mm battery. This has prompted me to do a check of the install.[B]Steve[/B]
2010 Silver GXL Prado 150, D4D Auto, with a few non standard bits
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I fitted a Optima D31A to my Oct 18 build, I used a Ironman battery tray and trimmed about 10mm half way across the inner end to clear the intercooler hose and partially removed the lip on the other end to allow the Optima to fit. I choose the Ironman tray simply because it was available and the construction allowed for modification without loosing its integral strength.
The AC pipework is well clear so I believe it has been re-positioned in production compared to earlier build years.
Lee'18 VX, Billies with Dobinson springs, Summit bar with Narva Enhanced Optics to help my old eyes
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