hi Keith, Yes,,, the control on the dash board is OK... the T-Stat on the rear pillar was bad (black box with white dot). That black box has the *freeze* sensor" wired to it and the sensor goes up to the evaporator... I put on a new one and the AC works fine, before that it doesn't work. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=608099&highlight= thanks On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Keith, > > Yes,,, the control on the dash board is OK... the T-Stat on the rear > pillar was bad (black box with white dot). That black box has the > *freeze* sensor" wired to it and the sensor goes up to the evaporator... I > put on a new one and the AC works fine, before that it doesn't work. > > thanks > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Keith Hughes <keithahughes@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> The sensor buried in the evaporator coil is the *freeze* sensor, not the >> T-stat sensor (at least in my '86). This sensor is to detect coil >> freeze-up (like that happens in these beasts) and shut off compressor >> before it's damaged. The T-stat is (in my case) part of the temp control >> switch. >> >> Keith Hughes >> '86 Westy Tiico (Marvin) >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:33:55 -0800 >> From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> >> Subject: Re: Removing the rear AC top cover >> >> thanks Dennis... >> >> the AC temp controller was bad... I got a replacement which >> works fine ... >> now I get stuck with the sensor buried deep somewhere in the >> evaporator... >> >> the cut and splice idea is perfect... I agree for not to >> create another >> problem after open it... >> >> thanks again >> >> dan >> >> > |
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