Is there anyone on the list who has experience with air conditioner
compressors? Today the air conditioning on my 97 Plymouth Breeze quit.
Sorry this isn't a Triumph, but someone with a TR8 with air conditioning
might benefit from the answer to my question.
I think the clutch to my compressor has gone south. Here are the symptoms:
The AC was cooling, then suddenly quit as if I turned it off. After I got
off the highway, I opened the windows and I could smell fumes like a
dragging brake. There was no squealing of a loose belt. After I parked the
car I looked at the area around the compressor and saw a line of tar-like
goo in plane with the rotation or the pulley. The belt was taut. To me
that adds up to a blown pulley/compressor clutch. Am I right? Is there
something else I should check or consider?
Creig Houghtaling
St. Louis, MO
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