hi Keith,

Yes,,, the control on the dash board is OK... the T-Stat on the rear pillar
was bad (black box with white dot). That black box has the *freeze* sensor"
wired to it and the sensor goes up to the evaporator... I put on a new one
and the AC works fine, before that it doesn't work.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608099&highlight=

thanks

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi Keith,
>
> Yes,,, the control on the dash board is OK... the T-Stat on the rear
> pillar was bad (black box with white dot). That black box has the
> *freeze* sensor" wired to it and the sensor goes up to the evaporator... I
> put on a new one and the AC works fine, before that it doesn't work.
>
> thanks
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Keith Hughes <keithahughes@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The sensor buried in the evaporator coil is the *freeze* sensor, not the
>> T-stat sensor (at least in my '86).  This sensor is to detect coil
>> freeze-up (like that happens in these beasts) and shut off compressor
>> before it's damaged.  The T-stat is (in my case) part of the temp control
>> switch.
>>
>> Keith Hughes
>> '86 Westy Tiico (Marvin)
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>>  Date:    Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:33:55 -0800
>>  From:    Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
>>  Subject: Re: Removing the rear AC top cover
>>
>>  thanks Dennis...
>>
>>  the AC temp controller was bad... I got a replacement which
>>  works fine ...
>>  now I get stuck with the sensor buried deep somewhere in the
>>  evaporator...
>>
>>  the cut and splice idea is perfect... I agree for not to
>>  create another
>>  problem after open it...
>>
>>  thanks again
>>
>>  dan
>>
>>
>