hey guys. its gettin pretty hot so i decided to finally put in a new a/c compressor for my 93 lude si because the old one was bad. anyways, i put it in and its still not blowing cold air, but i know for a fact that the new compressor works because it was tested and it worked fine. my dads mechanic friend said that since the green a/c light is not turning on when i push the a/c button, it means that its not triggering the a/c to turn on, thats why its not blowing any cold air. so he says that i need to replace that whole temperature console. does this sound about right? any other suggestions on what it could be? help!!

 

UMMM, you can be like me and take it off and get like 10hp or something like that :D lol, who need's ac there's like a window. Well not unless ur from like cali or like south part cuz im in mid west and it only gets to a 100 for like a few days or so

 

yeah some 4th gens have been known to have this kind of problem. during manufacture there was a bad solder that ends up breaking over the years. some people take it apart and resolder it but its not exactly easy. if you dont know what youre doin just replace the console.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by plikit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah some 4th gens have been known to have this kind of problem. during manufacture there was a bad solder that ends up breaking over the years. some people take it apart and resolder it but its not exactly easy. if you dont know what youre doin just replace the console.</TD></TR></TABLE>

EXACTLY!!

I resoldered mine and now the direction issue that I had works. I still need to have my AC filled. I hope it works.

 

so u think replacing the actual console will solve the problem?

 

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No, no matter which 4th Gen module you get, you need to resolder the connection points. All the 4th gen climate control modules have this problem.

I have a spare module. If you want, I can resolder them for you and ship it to you?

 

well mine's really getting strange on me.. when i push the AC button, sometime the green little light on top the AC button would come on and not come on. What does this mean...does this mean the AC needs to be refill?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Prelude951 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well mine's really getting strange on me.. when i push the AC button, sometime the green little light on top the AC button would come on and not come on. What does this mean...does this mean the AC needs to be refill?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope, that is a common problem resolved by resoldering the connections too.

Here's what it fixes;
*Flickering LED on the buttons
*The light that illuminates the background for the temperature and fan sliding switches
*Issues with the fan direction (defrost, face, floor)
*Makes the AC button work so that the compressor comes on.

 

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is there a common specific wires that would neeb to be resolder? which wire would it be in your common thought?

 

damn, i'm having the same problem too. good thing there is an easy FREE fix to it.

i'm personally just gonna give free time and resolder all of them. that way, other **** can't break.

while were on the subject, any of you guys have heater cable problems that connect to the heater control unit?

 

i dont have heat cable problem but only with the AC that's freaking pissing me off when i really needed it most at hot days. Now yOnKiNaToR you were referring about resoldering them all, where exactly are those wires? Thanks

 

Yea I have the same problem I dont know if I need a new heater valve cable, air mix cable, or heater valve. I know my heater valve is all rusted
It sucks when you dont have heat in the winter and have to wear gloves while driving and dont get me started when it rains, damn fogged up windows. I need this fixed before winter

 

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I have a spare module. If you want, I can resolder them for you and ship it to you?

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yah that sounds good. how much? is it possible to resolder mine thougH? and if so.. is it hard to do?

 

bump

 

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while were on the subject, any of you guys have heater cable problems that connect to the heater control unit?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I had a problem with the heater or temp cable. One day it just got stuck in one position.

I took the the console out to check the A/C issue at the same time and did a temp fix on it. While I was at it I fixed the cable problem.

When I pulled it out I noticed one of the pieces that held the cable was broken and was causing it to get stuck. I just used some electrical tape to make the wire thicker so it would stay in its place and hooked it back in, it works perfect now.

 

i'm planning on resoldering all the wires. i mean that there are 2 harnesses that plug into the heater box. i'm gonna resolder each connect point for each wire on both harnesses. just to be safe.


as for my problem, the heater cable isn't the problem. it's something internal. it's soooo hard to the mechanism that the cable can't take it and will strip or the gear in the heater box where the cable connects to strips. i think i'd have to take apart the whole dash to figure it out.

johnny five, just to let you know, switching hot/cold it isn't that big of problem. you can still get any amount of cold or hot air while you're driving. while you're driving just reach down on the passenger side near the middle console piece and feel around for a cable connect to a little pin almost. this pin you should be able to get 2 fingers on and either push back or forward. one way is hot the other is cold and the middle is well, the middle.

i've been doing it for about a year and i can find it down there within 1-5 seconds.