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'89 Audi 200 '03 Audi S6 Avant '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport

If you don't fix the AC until next summer you might want to pull the plug or fuse for the AC compressor. That compressor comes on with the defroster and if there is no Freon in the system you could very well ruin the compressor ($$$).

Jeff DeWitt

gug wrote:

It doesn't happen often but I've heard of the two halves of a pulley separating, many are spot welded and the welds will start breaking. When that happens the two halves of the pulley start pulling apart and the belt starts slipping.

Jeff DeWitt

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

It happened to a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. He noticed his generator was barley charging and after tightening the belt a couple of times realized there was something else wrong. He found the water pump pulley was separating ... of course this wasn't on a Jeep, it was a 1961 Studebaker Hawk, but it can happen to any pulley were the halves are spot welded together.

Jeff DeWitt

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

If your 98 is the R134 type ac system, its not a big deal. It can wait, just disconnect your compressor at the compressor electrical fitting. If its low on charge it may not even come on anyway. Often its just a seal at the evaporator. I have a hard time believing you need the whole evaporator changed. KH

Thanks everyone for their help. I'll be getting on it ASAP. I'll let you know what I learn.

Gug

I had to replace the pulley on my ps pump about the same time as the damper pulley went - not related. That will be a serpentine belt on a

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:49:15 GMT, the following appeared in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, posted by Jeff DeWitt :

Unless there's a control problem the compressor shouldn't come on if the system pressure is low.

A high school kid driving a Golden Hawk? If it's really a Golden and in good shape (there are lots of varieties of Hawks) it might be worth quite a bit of money. A REALLY nice Golden can go for well over $20k.

Do you know the kid, is he in the Studebaker club and does he know about the Studebaker newsgroup (alt.autos.studebaker)

Jeff DeWitt

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:07:39 -0800, the following appeared in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, posted by L.W.(ßill) Hughes III :

If there's zero pressure (actually, *ambient* pressure) it won't cycle. When filling an empty system the compressor will start to cycle when the pressure exceeds the pressure-cutoff switch setting.