Fitting air-con to a 1HZ 75

[Canyonero 4x4]

Hello.

I have had enough of sweating like a pig in a filthy, dusty truck.
I usually wind the window down and buy an icecream but that didn't work in Cape York. I, and all my shit just ended up coated in a nice thick layer of red dust.

My truck doesn't have air-con and NEVER has. It's not that it doesn't work. It's just not there so I'm starting from scratch (I need everything). And I don't really know anything about air-con to be honest but have fairly good mechanical knowledge and am more than prepared to give it a go.

So what am I in for, what do i need, where do I start???

What bits can I get from a wrecker and what should I get new?
What new bits do I get genuine and what do I get aftermarket and who from?
What tips/advice can you offer?

Thankyou.

[Ice]

get the core and all the dash bit from a wreck

the air con guys will give you more info on compressor dryer etc...

[Canyonero 4x4]

Thanks ice.

Sorry if I sound a bit n00bish, assuming the wiring is all there, I add the switch, what else is involved under the dash?

[SCANAS]

I would buy a complete new kit of a supplier with everything brand new that you need. You don't want to pay $1000 for stuff off a wreck and buy new hoses, reco the compressor etc when a new kit would be about the same price. We just put a complete new system in a 99 Patrol ute for $2150 drive in drive out.

[302 cruiser]

i put a new kit in my 95 model hzj75 a few years back i bought a new kit from car air systems in brisbane cost me about 1200 for the kit fitted it my self then vaced andgased it my self but if you fit it yourself then take it to a workshop that do a/c they should be able to vac and gas it for ya, i would go talk to the guys there before you started but