8v-of-fury
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Are you ready for some super Shade-Tree Mechanics? LOL In my quest of getting things working on this old girl that I just recently bought, I found I needed a new FCM. Ordered it, and then I found I needed a new compressor clutch coil. So I got that, and took the compressor snout apart.. Well it turns out the nut had backed out and had beaten the splines of the clutch away. I didn't realize this until I had everything apart to replace the coil. Because the clutch wasn't gonna hold the shaft for me, it had to be sacrificed in order to get the clutch off. Its all good, where missing metal was, it can be replaced! By way of a $90 fluxcore welder! lol
So with a functioning clutch, my A/C system works as it should. However it doesn't get cold enough. Even after dark with a 69f ambient, it would still only produce 60f on re-circulation. So its working, just weak. I am going to check later with gauges to get an idea of things, but should i just have it evacuated and filled to the 750g it calls for? I have no idea how many years the system has been inoperable.. But it doesn't seem to have any leaks.
ps. yes, i know thats some BOOGER welding. The welder handle is broken, it feeds when it wants to and arcs without a button.. also i didn't have a mask, as this was far from planned out lol.
So with a functioning clutch, my A/C system works as it should. However it doesn't get cold enough. Even after dark with a 69f ambient, it would still only produce 60f on re-circulation. So its working, just weak. I am going to check later with gauges to get an idea of things, but should i just have it evacuated and filled to the 750g it calls for? I have no idea how many years the system has been inoperable.. But it doesn't seem to have any leaks.
ps. yes, i know thats some BOOGER welding. The welder handle is broken, it feeds when it wants to and arcs without a button.. also i didn't have a mask, as this was far from planned out lol.