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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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hey amigos, compressor on my vette is not coming on. freon ok. take relay off and jump wires from E to A and compressor runs. have replaced relay and still the same. wont run on its own. have voltage on coil and from E to A on relay. lost here. what am I missing.
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is the inside controller ant good
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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thanks nowhere man. did take controller out from dash and opened. circuit board inside. all buttons function and light up. turn blower on and off. how can I check if controller is bad?
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do you have the manual heater control or the optional electronic. also the service manual could be very handy to help you
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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not sure. it has a circuit board inside. however must turn on manually from off to a/c or heater.
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does it have a slider bar or all buttons along a screen that tells you the outside temp and inside temp
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all buttons along a screen
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there are steps somewhere on how to get codes off that screen to help diagnose problems with the HAVC
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Originally Posted by monkeycit
hey amigos, compressor on my vette is not coming on. freon ok. take relay off and jump wires from E to A and compressor runs. have replaced relay and still the same. wont run on its own. have voltage on coil and from E to A on relay. lost here. what am I missing.
monkey,
This should get you going it the right direction......
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...agnostic+Codes
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Originally Posted by QZRBLU
monkey,
This should get you going it the right direction......
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...agnostic+Codes
great. thanks ozrblu.
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Thanks for ur help too nowhere man.
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Just put rebuilt ac compressor on mine. My clutch was dead. Found compressor with clutch on E--Y for a great price.
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Thanks. I'll check that out too.
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Clutch on compressor running good. What is the ohm's I should get on the relay coil? I removed the relay off its shell and closed the relay points with a piece of small paper. Since I do have volts on the relay coil, jumping the E and A points makes the A/c run, cooling good. The problem is E and A wont close by itself. Any ideas?
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Clutch on compressor running good. What is the ohm's I should get on the relay coil? I removed the relay off its shell and closed the relay points with a piece of small paper. Since I do have volts on the relay coil, jumping the E and A points makes the A/c run, cooling good. The problem is E and A wont close by itself. Any ideas?
What error code did you get from the test instructions above? amigo?
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did not get any that I could make out. Went thru each one on the checklist and just gave me the parameters listed.
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