Date:         Fri, 28 Mar 1997 12:05:50 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mholser@Adobe.COM (Malcolm Holser)
Subject:      RE: AC Question

> Get a new mechanic.  The compressor has no dependency on the state of charge at AC startup time.
> 
Hmm.  My A/C certainly DOES depend on this.  There is a pressure switch just
inside the left rear piller-cover (an '86 GL) that reads the freon pressure.
If the freon is gone, and the pump starts up, then this switch must also be
bad -- it breaks the circuit to the A/C clutch, I think, since all the fans
work regardless of freon charge -- just not the compressor clutch.

Give you mechanic another chance before you dump him!

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