Does anyone know or have a test procedure for the sensor that controls  the belt saver system on the A/C?

 

My A/c was cutting in and out and I adjusted the sensor's standoff distance and it still cut out. I used a hack I found on this forum that worked great and the A/C blows cold enough to store food. But when you use the hack sometimes the fan control on the dash acts up, makes noise etc,

 

So if anyone knows of a test procedure to test the sensor and has any idea's please let me know. The old beast has a ton of life left in her. (yes I used beast and her in the same sentence)(sorry)

Edited June 19, 20178 yr by thekauz

Tell us what hack you used and we can likely reverse problem solve from there what's causing the issue.

I have the print out but I am trying to find iy again on this forum. It involvrs going behind the glove box and jumpering two wires that bypass the belt saver system and allow the A/C compressor to run all the time. It seems to be the only fix that works.

 

 I still have a 20lb tank of the old refrigerant and the system is charged properly and blows cold. it would just be nice to not have to jumper the system

My 86 came with that jumpered so the compressor was always on. It was ruined when I bought it, at around 75k miles. Removed the mod, put in a new used compressor, never had another problem.