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Subject:Re: A/C trouble... please help
From:David McNeely
Date:Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:55:29 -0800

".... replaced it with a big ole fuse."

Hmmm.... .  So, you'd rather have a fire than to have the A.C. out?  :-)
interesting.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan,
> I remember having a problem with the fusible link on the driver's side D
> pillar.  Corrosion led to heating led to melting...
>   I replaced it with a big ole fuse.  Don't remember tho whether it powers
> the main relay or just the fans.
>
> Just take a quick look at the Bentley and the source of the trouble whould
> be obvious.   :-)
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > thanks all for the replies...
> >
> > it's a tin top so no problem with the cabinet...
> >
> > I was at the shop this morning but no result yet...
> >
> > - vacuum and leak test --> no leak
> > - charging the system
> > - turn ON the A/C and the clutch NOt engaging..
> > - there's no power to the compressor
> >
> > in fact there's NO power to the A/C relay
> >
> > aargh...
> >
> > http://s82.photobucket.com/user/26kick/media/IMG_6542.jpg.html
> >
>