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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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This is my first post and I hope someone could help me. I just bought a 1990 conv vette and when I was driving it home the bearing on the a/c clutch gave outshredding my belt and taking out my upper coolent hose. I knew right then this vette is going to stay with me for many years. Anyway, my problem is: I replaced the a/c clutch with no problem but I am not getting power to it. I've checked the fuses inside the car and it was fine. I even checked the fusable link going to the clutch. Are there any other places I should check? Any help would be appreciated
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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This is my first post and I hope someone could help me. I just bought a 1990 conv vette and when I was driving it home the bearing on the a/c clutch gave outshredding my belt and taking out my upper coolent hose. I knew right then this vette is going to stay with me for many years. Anyway, my problem is: I replaced the a/c clutch with no problem but I am not getting power to it. I've checked the fuses inside the car and it was fine. I even checked the fusable link going to the clutch. Are there any other places I should check? Any help would be appreciated
What do you mean you're not getting power to it, are you saying the clutch isn't engaging? Did you verify no power using a volt meter? The reason I'm asking is because I just replace my A/C clutch but didn't realize I needed to shim it so the clutch was it always engaged which made me think that no power was going to the clutch to disengage it.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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Yes I did check it with a voltmeter and I wasn't getting power to the clutch. Did yours engage after you shimmed it? Mabe there's a fuse somewhere I don't know about
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