My ac doesn't work.
I've been through this before with a few other vehicles but none of them were R12, and usually fuses, crap wiring to the compressor, or bad pressure was the culprit. Or on my 250, the clutch was engaging but not actually hitting hard enough to spin the compressor and I had to take washers off and re-assemble it.
Well on the diesel beast it doesn't even engage the clutch no matter what I do to the settings in the cab. I'm wondering is there a way to "jump" the compressor clutch to see if it still works whether the system is filled or not while the engine is off so I don't damage anything and so I can see if it's busted before I'd try to fill anything?
I really don't feel like taking the time to convert the thing over if at all possible. Could even buy an adaptor kit thing at walmart and just purge the system and jam 134a into it and see how long I can make that last before I have to buy new hoses and whatnot. Not my daily driver so it's not mission critical to have cold ac, heck my 150 doesn't even have ac and in summer my ac is the windows and crotch windows and the giant fan I put on the dash from the cig lighter. I'll survive if I can't scrounge up an easy fix haha..
Just curious where you guys would start and if my first step is relevant or if there are better things to do. Tried searching but mostly found articles on the thing kicking on and off or just not being very cold.
Thanks in advance.
I've been through this before with a few other vehicles but none of them were R12, and usually fuses, crap wiring to the compressor, or bad pressure was the culprit. Or on my 250, the clutch was engaging but not actually hitting hard enough to spin the compressor and I had to take washers off and re-assemble it.
Well on the diesel beast it doesn't even engage the clutch no matter what I do to the settings in the cab. I'm wondering is there a way to "jump" the compressor clutch to see if it still works whether the system is filled or not while the engine is off so I don't damage anything and so I can see if it's busted before I'd try to fill anything?
I really don't feel like taking the time to convert the thing over if at all possible. Could even buy an adaptor kit thing at walmart and just purge the system and jam 134a into it and see how long I can make that last before I have to buy new hoses and whatnot. Not my daily driver so it's not mission critical to have cold ac, heck my 150 doesn't even have ac and in summer my ac is the windows and crotch windows and the giant fan I put on the dash from the cig lighter. I'll survive if I can't scrounge up an easy fix haha..
Just curious where you guys would start and if my first step is relevant or if there are better things to do. Tried searching but mostly found articles on the thing kicking on and off or just not being very cold.
Thanks in advance.