My A/C doesn't work, the compressor doesn't even engage. So I'm doing the normal troubleshooting and I read in the forum to check the strip fuse. While looking for that (still haven't found it) I came across what you see in the photo. The fuse on the right was missing, so I replaced it. It didn't make a difference in the A/C.
I would agree 100% with Brian and add that the two fuses in the picture were never on either of my 124's. The strip fuse you mention is located on the shock tower. It's a black rectangle shaped box that is approx. 1/2" wide and 1-1/2" long. Larger wire in and out. The cap on the box is henged to roll open toward the engine. Look just to the outside of your strut mount.
This is a 30 amp fuse for your interior blower fan. (besides the one in the fuse box) Do your fans run, just no A/C? If so, then you are most likely low on freon and the pressure switch in the system is doing it's job keeping you from burning up your compressor.
Thanks. The fans do run. Is there a way to bypass the low pressure switch just so I can make sure the compressor is good? Or, it there a way to check the freon level?
By jumping the low pressure switch to make sure your compressor is good, will in fact make sure your compressor is bad. If you don't have a set of A/C gauges etc. and knowhow, then you are best to go to an A/C shop you trust or your indy. A system re-charge and check up is much less than a new or reman. compressor +++++
Those two fuses might be add-ons. The 25 amp blower motor fuse in my fusebox cooked the pot. A local German car mechanic bypassed the box and put a separate 25 amp fuse fitting outside the box. This arangement has cooked a few fuses, which were not the blue type, so I'm not convinced it's a good remedy. Things got so hot so fast the other day that the fuse burst into flames while I was driving and started a fire on the hood insulation. Fortunately I had just gotten off the freeway. I can imagine what fanning those flames would have resulted in. It seems to me there is some sort of defective blower motor to continually blow the fuses on this. I am experienced with hot fuses burning fusebox pots, though. Not nice.
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