EA Air conditioner prob

[jedaarr]

I turn on the air conditioner button
& compressor will not kick in it stays
idle, is this a common fault in ea
the clutch stays idle.
I want to get it regassed but always
get told its a common problem in
ea fords, i have heard horror stories
that ea model cost big dollars to
fix is this true, that is why i am
unsure to get it regassed any
help on this please.

[vanessa0305]

Hi I have an ea stationwagon with the same problem and my mechanic said that if the gas is very low than the clutch wont engage to protect the compresser. Mine is in today getting fixed so I will let you know what they ended up doing and how much it cost. I find that the ea is not expensive to fix because they are a dime a dozen and its easy to get second hand parts and very cheap prices. But thats just what I have found...I haven't owned mine very long but dad has had his for years.

[vanessa0305]

Hi well my a/c is now fixed. It cost under $200 and it was several small leaks but nothing serious, which they were able to fix and then they re-gassed it. I am over joyed that there is nothing wrong with the clutch or compressor. So it would seem my mechanic was right. I hope that's all that is wrong with your system.

[jedaarr]

Thanks for the info i spoke to a sparky
who said the same thing, if the unit is
low on pressure it will not work as the
compressor will not kick in to protect
the system, it is booked in on wed
so i will inform u, much thanks for
your help.

[jedaarr]

Originally Posted by vanessa0305

Hi well my a/c is now fixed. It cost under $200 and it was several small leaks but nothing serious, which they were able to fix and then they re-gassed it. I am over joyed that there is nothing wrong with the clutch or compressor. So it would seem my mechanic was right. I hope that's all that is wrong with your system.

Well i am pleased to say all is well they changed the bottle
in front to suit newer gas conversion & regassed it is
working aok the system was ok, it cost $188 all up
its been bloody hot around my area, for the money
it is well worth the outlay i would recommend it to
anyone with a e series.

[MickyB]

Just pray your evaporator doesn't need replacing, they have to take the whole front dash out to get to it. I basically have an entirely new A/C system in my EB which cost me about $850 including 4 re-gassings as we attempted to fix it through trial and error and eventually found the evap to be the problem. (Actually each item we replaced was stuffed, so we had to put in new parts for the entire system)

[vanessa0305]

Oh thats great I am glad that it was just a lack of gas too. Much less expensive to fix.

Great news
to hear that
your a/c is working again
i might
get mine done
too
soon.