

| Subject: | Re: '84 Westy: Does Air Conditioner Boost Idle? |
| From: | Steve Williams |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:28:17 -0700 |
>>Nope. My Westy doesn't have even one. > >Out of curiosity, does it have the P/S one? Nope. >>Are these available? Is it worth trying to fix? > >...are you having stalling problems when the A/C compressor starts, >or is it the aesthetics of the thing you care about? Yes, it dies pretty reliably from idle if the A/C is on. >One compromise would be to add a wire and a diode like a 1N4004* to >the P/S valve, so that either the steering pump or the A/C clutch >could activate it. I wondered about that. A couple of diodes would be cheaper and more reliable than a second valve and a T hose.
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