Rear AC Delete Kit Rec for 2008 LR3
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Mudding
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Rear AC Delete Kit Rec for 2008 LR3
TL;DR - Need a confirmed AC Delete kit for my 2008 LR3 HSE.
Planning to order this one but always like running things past the community for insight:
https://www.streetrodguys.com/index....&product_id=83
Long story long, I got 99% of the way completed on the delete with my go-to Rover guy a few years ago, but then he needed to get more freon so we put the project on hold and then some family stuff popped up and we never got back around to finishing the job. He'd pressure tested the lines and they were all ready to go; pending final cap fit and loading the system. But it was not very hot there so it was easy enough to "wait" for the next time I needed work done and then just never ended up happening - nobody's fault there.
Then, just before I moved across the country, I had my really-good-but-not-an-enthusiast-LR mechanic do some maintenance, including a new AC compressor install; but they didn't order LR-specific AC delete caps, they ordered generic ford delete caps. When it didn't work, they said it was because "Land Rover made it difficult" just days before I was literally moving across country – yes, I drove 2500 miles with my dog in my LR3 in July with no AC. Yes it was a whole thing, since I'd spent serious cash getting the new compressor installed.
So now I want to have my new mechanic here install them; and I'm under the impression that "It's all tee'd up and ready to go" and just needs the caps installed, but admittedly, I am not an AC line expert.
In addition to the recommendation on a cap, am I correct in understanding that: there's a branch where front A/C lines send to rear, so you just remove the rear lines where that branches off, install the caps, and voila you've effectively just negated 70% of the AC system and in so doing... make it easier to isolate AC to the front?
Planning to order this one but always like running things past the community for insight:
https://www.streetrodguys.com/index....&product_id=83
Long story long, I got 99% of the way completed on the delete with my go-to Rover guy a few years ago, but then he needed to get more freon so we put the project on hold and then some family stuff popped up and we never got back around to finishing the job. He'd pressure tested the lines and they were all ready to go; pending final cap fit and loading the system. But it was not very hot there so it was easy enough to "wait" for the next time I needed work done and then just never ended up happening - nobody's fault there.
Then, just before I moved across the country, I had my really-good-but-not-an-enthusiast-LR mechanic do some maintenance, including a new AC compressor install; but they didn't order LR-specific AC delete caps, they ordered generic ford delete caps. When it didn't work, they said it was because "Land Rover made it difficult" just days before I was literally moving across country – yes, I drove 2500 miles with my dog in my LR3 in July with no AC. Yes it was a whole thing, since I'd spent serious cash getting the new compressor installed.
So now I want to have my new mechanic here install them; and I'm under the impression that "It's all tee'd up and ready to go" and just needs the caps installed, but admittedly, I am not an AC line expert.
In addition to the recommendation on a cap, am I correct in understanding that: there's a branch where front A/C lines send to rear, so you just remove the rear lines where that branches off, install the caps, and voila you've effectively just negated 70% of the AC system and in so doing... make it easier to isolate AC to the front?
Rock Crawling
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I don't understand the necessity of caps. All you need to do to eliminate rear A/C works is to replace one A/C line in engine bay, I believe part # is JUE000505, This one does not have forks supplying A/C to the rear control unit.
Last edited by thorgal; Apr 4, 2026 at 06:35 PM.
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