superj

Alternating current, that is.


Ha ha ha, just kidding, it is the air conditioner I fixed!!!


I've been talking about doing it for a while now so I got tired of the heat and went out and hooked a can of freon the low side of the system and put a jumper wire on the pressure switch plug and started it up. Jeep pulled in a can and then I pulled the jumper wire to see id the compressor would stay engaged and it did. So I put another can in to cool it a bit more till I can get over to an ac place and get it vacuumed and redone properly.


So, the old dude was right. A can every summer kept him in the ac. This cherokee is a better deal each time I do something to it. Now, we have ac in both jeeps and each time just took a can or two of freon and a wire to get it back

captainofiron

Good job man, you need it down there in hell aka crapus christi

when I was living down there I was trying to tough it out, I figured out it was a leak, and if I charged it the ac would blow cold air, for maybe a week, so I tried to put a leak detector/stop leak in there and it worked for a long time, BUT then all of the sudden i would get a terrible oil smell, I thought the engine was dying, so I would just run it without the air blowing, so a while later I figured out it was the crank case vent leaking oil onto the manifold, so I fixed it and turned the AC back on and NOTHING but HOT air. So I tried to check the pressures, but the valves on the back of the AC compressor on the manifold wouldnt open anymore...
yep.

superj

yup, its freaking hot here.


man, that sucks about yours. did you ever get it fixed?

FLETCH

Man I'm jealous I need to get mine fixed. It's to hot here to not have ac.

superj

whats wrong with yours? we can throw some cans into it and jump the plug to see if it kicks on. it only took about 10 minutes to get mine nice and cool

djb383

I lived east of ya (Freeport) for 20 years, u need a/c 350 days out of the year. LOL Replaced all but evap & cond on our '98 XJ this past June......34F at the center dash vents now......can u say kewl.

FLETCH

I'm not sure whats wrong with it, I threw in a couple of cans of freon and stop leak when I got it but it didn't do anything. I think it has a leak some where.

captainofiron

Nah now that I am back in West Texas/New Mexico I really dont need it, no humidity is awesome.

Once I start driving it more, I probably will get it going again

captainofiron

LOL
Im Originally from Odessa, and I know exactly what you mean, first time we went down to South Texas (when my dads job moved down there) was a horrible experience, we get there in August, open the rental vans door and all I feel is this sticky hot soup they call air down there

superj

yup, humidity and mosquitoes. what corpus is known for.

and you would think we would be known for the beaches or all the golf courses or something nice.


"I'm not sure whats wrong with it, I threw in a couple of cans of freon and stop leak when I got it but it didn't do anything. I think it has a leak some where. "

did the compressor come on when you put the cans in it? i have a buddy who is an ac guy. the only problem is his shop is in aransas pass.

djb383

I can take about 3 days visiting South Texas.......gotta get back to the desert. Do they still have those really cool fireworks shows out on the T-heads?

FLETCH

Ya it did my compressor is fine.