(just noticed how horrible that title is and I don't know how to change it)
IIRC, it is normal for the A/C clutch to engage when activating the windshield defroster.
However, I would like to use my defroster and my A/C compressor clutch is pretty messed up. When I turn on the defroster, the A/C clutch engages and makes the belt squeal like mad and drags the engine down.
I pulled the A/C clutch relay, but the clutch still engages.
This diagram is a little confusing. Is the A/C clutch Fuse 9, or Fuse 27, both?

 

Try each one or just pull the ac clutch relay out

 

And my PDC has nothing in fuse 27 or 9 anyway.
Fuse layout another 1996 unique thing?

 

Solution (duh): Disconnect A/C Clutch electrical connector.

 

"I pulled the A/C clutch relay, but the clutch still engages."
Didn't work.

 

Theres wires going directly into the compressor that activate the magnetic clutch in the compressor unplug the connector for that.

 

Yes there are.