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Replacing Aircon controls with digital

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Diesel_fan
Quick question ladies and gentlemen of this forum. I have an offer of a replacement centre console for a Ghia X, trouble is, it is fitted with the later style digital controls rather than the rotary type controls for the heating/aircon.

Is it a straight swap to get the digital controls to work, or is there a vast amount of work involved? The console came from a 2000 ST and would be getting fitted (hopefully) to an S reg (1999) diesel Ghia X.

Thanks in advance
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C
Just had a quick search through old posts and there's a list of things you'll need in this thread.

Haven't been able to find a how to yet but it definitely isn't going to be a matter of just swapping over the dials.
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sgking
by all accounts its a pig of a job for very little gain. i had ac in my ghia x and satc in the st200 and apart from sat c looking a little flashier theyre both pretty much the same. :)
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Rich
It's a pig, from what I've heard. And I hated the SATC when I had it. I struggled to get the temperature "just right" on warmer days, and ended up leaving it on "LO" and flicking the A/C on and off manually... :)

--Rich
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G
If it's the dash panel you are really after, the SATC controls are interchangeable for the standard ones so you can keep your heater controls.
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sgking
glenn are you saying that anyone with air con can fit the satc panel?and the air con will still work?

thanks
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G
No, i'm saying the satc controls can be removed from the surround and standard controls fitted to the surround. :L
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sgking
ahh gotcha. thanks :)
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