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I got my AC hooked back up today and the performance is.... well, lackluster to say the least. I've never had a classic car with AC before, so I'm not sure what to expect.
I had someone hook it up for me, AC work is a bit beyond me. He explained that the sensor (somewhere behind the glovebox area) had a short, he could not get it to work. He manually set up a toggle switch to control the compressor until I could get a replacement part. Ghetto, yes, but it gives me an opportunity to test it.
With the compressor on, charged, running at max - I get a strong gust of air that is very slightly cooler than the air temp outside in the 90's. It does not seem to get any cooler regardless of engine rev or time left on.
If the AC's in general don't run much better than this, there's really no use in me going through the work of replacing the hard-to-get to parts.
Would bypassing the module that controls the clutch function of the compressor and manually controlling it affect the temperature the unit blew at all? Is there another piece besides the compressor I should swap - since the compressor itself tests fine and the system holds pressure?
As usual thanks very much for the help guys
I had someone hook it up for me, AC work is a bit beyond me. He explained that the sensor (somewhere behind the glovebox area) had a short, he could not get it to work. He manually set up a toggle switch to control the compressor until I could get a replacement part. Ghetto, yes, but it gives me an opportunity to test it.
With the compressor on, charged, running at max - I get a strong gust of air that is very slightly cooler than the air temp outside in the 90's. It does not seem to get any cooler regardless of engine rev or time left on.
If the AC's in general don't run much better than this, there's really no use in me going through the work of replacing the hard-to-get to parts.
Would bypassing the module that controls the clutch function of the compressor and manually controlling it affect the temperature the unit blew at all? Is there another piece besides the compressor I should swap - since the compressor itself tests fine and the system holds pressure?
As usual thanks very much for the help guys