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Originally Posted by tankyanker
i powered it directly right after my friend put some r134a into the system. he said there was some in there, and that it didn't need much. i haven't noticed any leaking, but i might have to color it or somethin to tell.
still having problems in the dash. behind the ac control panel is an air/electric module in which a 'micro-switch' is housed. the switch has two plugs and a lever. one plug is for the 'hot' coming in, at all times during which the ignition is on. when you move the lever on the dash panel to max ac, ac or defrost it depresses the lever on this little switch and the hot current moves through the switch to the other plug, going out ... wherever, i dont know. to and out the firewall i think. when i install a new switch i put it in and connect the hot coming in. turn on the ignition and depress the lever on the switch manually, check the other end of the switch with a test light to make sure the current is being sent through the switch. ok. then i plug in the wire that is supposed to receive this current from the switch and send the signal out the firewall. the switch breaks everytime i try to engage it properly. it's acting like a fuse, and not only is it not sending the signal, but it's 'blowing' everytime i try to engage it. if i try to bypass the switch, and just connect the two wires ... it blows a breaker below the dash.
It sounds to me like that is the switch that kicks in the A/C compressor clutch.
It also sounds to me that there is a dead short circuit somewhere in the wire from that switch to the relay that actuates the A/C clutch.
Be glad that the switch kicks out or the circuit breaker trips when you're trying to "hotwire" the circuit, otherwise you'd be seeing smoke and flames.
Find the short circuit and fix it.
Plugging in more switches and watching them fail isn't going to solve the problem.