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Subject:Re: AC help (1987 Westy)
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:58:59 -0500

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