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Any ideas on why my AC compressor want engage. It's full of freon and was working great before it just stop. I think it's the AC relay but not sure how to test it. Also need to know the part number. I've been searching for it for 2 weeks. Its starting to get hot!!! The one they ordered at O'Reilys wasn't even close. AC Relay
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The most common reason the A/C compressor won't enage is a busted overheat sensor switch - on the thermostat housing you'll see several electric and vacuum sensors. The upper-most electric one (and the physically smallest one) should have a single wire on it. Unplug the wire and ground it... see if your a/c works now. If so, that sensor is shot. It's an ON/OFF switch that normally connects the electrical prong/tank to ground as long as the engine is not overheating. That sensor tends to rot internally with age. If the tang wiggles/twists, that's proof the sensor has rotted.

 

mike c.

 

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