1997 Ford Explorer ac clutch wont engage

1997 FORD EXPLORER
94,500 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JUSTINF89
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Today I tried to turn on the ac in my explorer and the clutch would not engage. I jumped the low pressure switch and tried to switch around the ac enable relay with a good one and nothing worked. Is there anything else i could try? Thanks.
Apr 5, 2010 at 4:42 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Is the system fully charged? If the head pressure is too low, it woun't turn on.
Apr 5, 2010 at 9:39 PM
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JUSTINF89
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I will check it but I did try to override the low pressure switch with a jumper.
Apr 5, 2010 at 9:44 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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What you did makes sense to me. However, to the best of my knowledge, if it is low enough, it still won't work.

Let me know what you find.

Joe
Apr 5, 2010 at 10:42 PM
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JUSTINF89
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Well I didn't see the clutch cycle switch on the accumulator so I jumped it and the clutch engaged. I checked the pressure and it was fine. It's working great now for a $11 part, thanks for the help.
Apr 6, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Thats good to hear. At least it was a cheap fix.

Let us know if you have other questions in the future, and thanks for using 2carpros.com.

Joe
Apr 6, 2010 at 10:30 PM