Air Cond.

[klyons]

An article in this months Corvette Fever prompts me to write this. Is it the compressor or just the clutch? One day this past summer I smelled a horrible smell that seemed to be rubber burning when checked i found that the pulley on the front of the A/C unit was not turning unplugged wire on A/C Clutch and this cured it. According to the article in Corvette Fever Corvette has not experienced A/C Compressor failure for a number of years and replacing the clutch would repair this problem. A much cheaper solution. Should I believe all that I read or replace the whole unit.
Input is appreciated
Thanks
Freezing in Maine

 

[tnovot]

A/C ?

Maybe you could lossen the belt and see if you can turn the unit by hand?

 

[XS650]

Usually when a clutch fails it slips instead of turning into a brake.

There may be some bizarre way the AC clutch can lock itself to the mount so it wont turn, but I don't know how.

Sorry 'bout that

Dick

 

[HPG]

Yep, I was the one who wrote in the question. I guess if I knew them, what I know now ( at least what the article said ) I would have just went for the clutch. The way my luck has been going, the compressor would have been the original problem and took out the new clutch.

 

[klyons]

Thanks guys I think I'll go for the clutch of course I've got some time up here in Maine I won't see the vette until April at the earliest and won't need AC until the end of July for 2 weeeks.