[TechAssist] Re: 1994 GMC Van (AC Question)
- From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 14:19:35 -0400
Now Russ! You know very well that when it was $1.50 a can, it was
destroying the ozone layer as well as life-as-we-know-it. When they
started putting it in $60 cans it became safer! *laughs*
**irony: It was deadly until they got the price up. Now you can buy all
you want at the higher price!
Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA 26764
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
Hoyt's TV wrote:
>Ed, There should be a pressure switch somewhere in the coolant line, that
>opens the circuit to the compressor clutch when there is not enough coolant.
>Unplug it and jumper the contacts in the plug. If that gets the compressor
>working, look at the sight glass. A steady stream of bubbles indicates a low
>charge.
>If it uses R12, be prepared for a BIG bill for freon when you get it
>recharged. If it's R134A you can get a do it yourself kit and the little
>cans are cheap. If it's low enough to trip the pressure switch you will
>probably need at least two, maybe three cans.
>
>If it's R12, it's illegal to do it yourself and they don't make the little
>cans anymore. The equivalent of what the little cans held, that used to cost
>about $1.50 is now selling for about $50 to $60 at a licensed service place.
>
>Russ Hoyt
>Hoyt's TV
>Exeter, NH
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:32 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] 1994 GMC Van (AC Question)
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>>Sort of off topic but does anyone know if the 1994 GMC Safari has a
>>Compressor Clutch Relay.
>>Found my A/C not working. Normally when I call for Air, I hear the Click
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>on
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>>the Compressor Clutch, and I don't hear it anymore. Have checked all fuses
>>(OK). Is there a Relay somewhere that supplies power to the clutch, and
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>does
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>>anyone know where it it. I see a couple mounted side by side, but not
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>sure.
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>>And our latest Chilton at the Library is 1991.
>> Some of you Shade Tree Mechanics might be able to help out on this
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>one.
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>>Especially you Southern Folks.;-)
>>
>>-Ed-
>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>Ontario-Canada
>>
>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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