95 gt ac compressor ?

[nayber]

ok i have a ? my ac clutch is locked up, however when the car is running the pulley still seems to spin i have unpluged the ac. however i have not driven the car a long distance since this happened just wondering if it can cause a problem til i replace the compressor ? thanks

 

[5.0_GT_kid]

ok i have a ? my ac clutch is locked up, however when the car is running the pulley still seems to spin i have unpluged the ac. however i have not driven the car a long distance since this happened just wondering if it can cause a problem til i replace the compressor ? thanks

In 2005 I had the same issue and unplugged the AC. It worked for about a month or so before the pulley seized up and snapped my belt.

I got a shorter belt and routed it around the compressor and it's been fine since, but one of these days I'll replace it.

 

[revhead347]

What you can do if the belt does break is. First convert the car to alcohol, so that it will no longer need a water pump to stay cool. Then you can mount 6 twelve volt batteries in parallel so that it will no longer require an alternator. Then you can convert it to manual steering. See, problem solved.

Kurt

 

[Zero_chance]

Sounds like your compressor is siezed but the pulley still spins freely for the time being. The clutch engages when the settings are on defrost (any temp) or obviously AC. Solutions are either replace the compressor, remove it and buy an AC bypass pulley so that you can retain the same length belt, or get a shorter belt to bypass but thats usually trial and error and can result in several trips to the parts store and / or a thrown belt or two. Me personally, Id just get a nice polished bypass pulley and throw out the paperweight that used to be your compressor. Saves a good amount of weight off the front end. If you use your AC a lot then youll have to bite the bullet and get a new compressor. Good luck, job itself is easy enough just got to make sure you discharge the AC properly.

 

[KamiKaziDK]

Anyone have a part number for a short belt on our cars? My a/c compressor hasn't worked in like 4 years...yay Arizona summers!!

 

[will_95gt]

My compressor seized up one day. I just turned the AC system to the "off" position and drove around like that for about 7 months before replacing the compressor.