i know this is a work around for a bad part but i can;t remember what part is bad. on my a/c compressor the connector has a paperclip in it what is it doing and what part is bad?

some fan relay or something, i forget been a long time since i did this trick. this car came with the paper clip.

Thanks Jeff

 

that paper clip is probably jumping the low pressure cut off switch..not a good thing to be doing..u can burn ur pump up if the pressure is to low because the ac pump isnt getting lubricated.

 

Most of the old Frigidaire/Harrison six cylinder swash plate compressors had a thermal limiter fuse in the connector near the hub clutch. Perhaps you are thinking of that, since many times jumpers could be found in place of a proper fuse.

The only place to insert a jumper in the R4 compressor systems would be the high or low pressure cutoff switches, or the pressure switch that controls the cooling fan. Of course, you'd only want a jumper in any of those for diagnostic purposes, and not for normal operation.

 

found it in there when i was cleaning up for painting. i knew it had a diagnostic purpose but some lamo had it in there all the time.

thanks