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I've had my 91 coupe for almost 3 years now and this has been totally an on going frustration.
First when i got my legend the compressor was frozen so there was no belt on it and upon inspection the clutch was locked up.
I found a used compressor from a junkyard, installed it myself and then took it to an A/C specialist to inspect and fill my compressor.
Since then my system has been acting up like crazy. It used to be where it was hard to get the thing started. I would turn the knob to cold and turn on the fan (any speed didn't matter) and then have to push the little A/C button like a million times before the compressor finally kicked on. Once it was on it was golden. freezing cold air and never went off. I eventually purchased a new Fan Timer Unit and Fan Control Unit and installed them. My problem went away. A/C came on all the time the moment i turned it on.
Then slowly a new problem came about. The a/c would come on, but randomly the compressor would kick off and just blow hot air. I'm now at the point where i can get in and out of the car like 10 times a day and one time i turn the car on the compressor will kick on and work and other times i'll get nothing from the compressor and just hot air.
Like i drove from Va to Ny last week and on the highway the stupid compressor came on and off like 20 times. It will just be blowing cold air one minute and the next hot. It could leave it alone and it will come back by itself. Or sometimes i'll mess with the a/c button, or turn the temp knob to hot and back to full cold and the compressor clicks on. its so odd, but very very frustrating.
It seems like a electrical connection that is not tight or something like that. I have a used replacement manual a/c dash unit coming in the mail soon so i'll keep you all posted on whether its something wrong with that.
but any suggestions on what to look at would really help. I read the most recent post on A/C and i honestly don't have any knowledge of all that high side and low side and pressure gauges so i'm not really sure would i could or should do from that aspect of the system.
Sorry for the long ass post, but i'm just dying here!!
Thanks,
Patrick
First when i got my legend the compressor was frozen so there was no belt on it and upon inspection the clutch was locked up.
I found a used compressor from a junkyard, installed it myself and then took it to an A/C specialist to inspect and fill my compressor.
Since then my system has been acting up like crazy. It used to be where it was hard to get the thing started. I would turn the knob to cold and turn on the fan (any speed didn't matter) and then have to push the little A/C button like a million times before the compressor finally kicked on. Once it was on it was golden. freezing cold air and never went off. I eventually purchased a new Fan Timer Unit and Fan Control Unit and installed them. My problem went away. A/C came on all the time the moment i turned it on.
Then slowly a new problem came about. The a/c would come on, but randomly the compressor would kick off and just blow hot air. I'm now at the point where i can get in and out of the car like 10 times a day and one time i turn the car on the compressor will kick on and work and other times i'll get nothing from the compressor and just hot air.
Like i drove from Va to Ny last week and on the highway the stupid compressor came on and off like 20 times. It will just be blowing cold air one minute and the next hot. It could leave it alone and it will come back by itself. Or sometimes i'll mess with the a/c button, or turn the temp knob to hot and back to full cold and the compressor clicks on. its so odd, but very very frustrating.
It seems like a electrical connection that is not tight or something like that. I have a used replacement manual a/c dash unit coming in the mail soon so i'll keep you all posted on whether its something wrong with that.
but any suggestions on what to look at would really help. I read the most recent post on A/C and i honestly don't have any knowledge of all that high side and low side and pressure gauges so i'm not really sure would i could or should do from that aspect of the system.
Sorry for the long ass post, but i'm just dying here!!
Thanks,
Patrick