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moz_21
01/13/2004, 04:02 PM
I bought this car in Jan of last year, summer came, AC worked awesome. Next summer, it quit working. Took out the relay and inside the cover I could see a couple brown resistors. Would that be teh problem? I did the test where you force the pump on and the pump wouldn't go on, so I believe it to be the relay.

Thanks!
probespeed
01/13/2004, 04:11 PM
inside what cover did you see the two brown resistors???
moz_21
01/13/2004, 04:29 PM
The cover of the relay marked AC Relay or whatever... like the actualy relay electrics..
Shrep
01/13/2004, 04:32 PM
First...Hi moz! Welcome to the board! :thup:

Second...I say just remove it...Weight Savings! :lol:
moz_21
01/13/2004, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by Shrep
First...Hi moz! Welcome to the board! :thup:

Second...I say just remove it...Weight Savings! :lol:

Thanks for the welcome...

and per your second question...
Nawww... too warm.. ;)

Oh.. and I looked again and it is a pair of diodes inside the relay. I have a pic if it would help...
naustin
01/13/2004, 05:19 PM
I'd replace the relay and see if it blows out again... Could have just been a bad relay, might not be any real problem... :shrug:
probespeed
01/13/2004, 06:48 PM
That's not a relay........ It's a fuse and if it's blown the ac won't work ;)
moz_21
01/13/2004, 08:22 PM
Its this:

http://s87794874.onlinehome.us/other/relay01.jpg

I have checked all of my fuses. Also, my AC cooling fan does not come on.
Splat
01/13/2004, 09:28 PM
Go to a junk yard. Grab like 7, pay for 2 or 3. Then you play "process of elimination"
naustin
01/14/2004, 08:28 AM
Yeah dude, whether its a relay or a fuse, the first thing to do is replace it with one you know is good, and see if that fixes it. If it doesn't, then you need a ampmeter and a lot of patience.
probespeed
01/14/2004, 09:35 AM
OK that's a relay, I am wondering how you're seeing resistors though. To test it you need to put 12v to the 85 and a ground to the 86 terminals, you should hear a click, then use a multimeter to test for continuity between the 87 and 30 terminals, if there is continuity when the relay has 12v and there is no continuity when you take the voltage away then the relay is good.

That's what I would do but it might be easier to just try a new relay :shrug: