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Subject:Re: AC help (1987 Westy)
From:Jason Ellis
Date:Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:11:19 -0600

Sorry for the terrible English on my original email.  I was half asleep when typing it.

What I should have said was that my evaporator fan is blowing 1 of the 2 fuses that are in the closet.

Once I get home I'm going to dig into this wiring.  I've also got an issue where the low speed radiator fan isn't turning on.  That's a whole other subject though.

I do appreciate all of the help!

Cheers,
Jason Ellis

> On Jan 12, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> The evaporator fans have a clutch? Look for a wire on the driver's side with
> two wires on it. The original set up had a two pin connector for the
> compressor clutch. One was for ground and the other with two wires connected
> together was the power for the compressor clutch and feedback to tell the
> idle controller the AC is on.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jason Ellis
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 11:21 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: AC help (1987 Westy)
> 
> Apologies in advance if I do something wrong.  This is my first post to the
> list.
> 
> When I bought my van, several electrical items were not plugged into the
> correct connector.  I've finally got all of the connections correct, except
> the AC.  I need a bit of assistance here.
> 
> My compressor is a single wire type clutch.  Which wire does this plug into?
> I don't see anything that looks like the correct connector.  I've even tried
> tracing wires back to the fuse panel in the closet.  I can't seem to find
> any photos either.
> 
> I'm fearing that someone took removed the wire for the clutch.  Last
> challenge is to get one of the evaporator fans to stop blowing its clutch.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jason Ellis