At a guess.....

[Upatdawn]

My aircon isnt working, the pump has an electrical connection right ate the front near the drive pulley, now could that be a feed to an electric clutch of some sort? or a sensor to tell the system the pumps running?

the plug and wires look very exposed

[t400ble]

Yep, its a electronically operated clutch

[Upatdawn]

with this car electrics are always a problem so checking connections and feed would be a good start, if theres no feed and its 12v I could rig up a bypass feed (fused) maybe, bugger these hot days!

[steve2]

Mine had a broken wire on the plug that goes into the compressor, fixed that and all works great now so check the wires first.

[Upatdawn]

steve2 said:

Mine had a broken wire on the plug that goes into the compressor, fixed that and all works great now so check the wires first.

Dear God, please make it that simple.......

[Upatdawn]

had it gassed and its working.....for now


there was some pressure in it


i wondered about trying one of these


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Aircon-Air-Con-Air-C...

[Matt Seabrook]

Upatdawn said:

with this car electrics are always a problem so checking connections and feed would be a good start, if theres no feed and its 12v I could rig up a bypass feed (fused) maybe, bugger these hot days!

Just for the benefit of others thinking about doing this, please don't unless you want a big explosion. The compressor is regulated and you will bypass this by giving it a feed.

[buzzer]

Upatdawn said:

had it gassed and its working.....for now


there was some pressure in it


i wondered about trying one of these


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Aircon-Air-Con-Air-C...

so long as it had some pressure in there, and its not recently been re-gassed, it may be OK... they lose a bit of pressure over time. if there is a leak, they tend to lose all the pressure

[Upatdawn]

Matt Seabrook said:

Just for the benefit of others thinking about doing this, please don't unless you want a big explosion. The compressor is regulated and you will bypass this by giving it a feed.

It would have been only to see if the clutch pulled in, but i dont need to now