Good day everyone, I am the proud owner of a (thing of pleasure) 96 nsx in Germany. My A\C is not working, took the car to an A\C specialist and he told me that the problem is that the magnetic clutch in the compressor does not engage and needs to be replaced. Honda wants to replace the entire compressor. I would like to know if anyone has experience replacing the clutch in the compressor or the compressor, since I intend to buy the clutch and replace it myself. I already checked everything else (thanks to prime). Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
it helps to have a droplight) After replacing the clutch (those snap rings can be a pain, without the correct kind of snapring pliers) and hanging the compressor back on the mount, clutch still won't engage. By the way i cleaned the clutch cover and the other plate like thingy, which were rusted on the inside. That may have solved my problem, since both old and new clutch would magnetize when hooked to a battery. I also removed and lightly cleaned connector on what must be a selenoid on the high pressure line( the connector next to the small charging port on a 96). So after getting really frustrated (was thinking of the money i would have to pay honda to fix the problem:biggrin: ). anyway after checking almost everything again, my knowledgeable assistant decided to lightly tap on the clutch cover while i hit the A\C button on and off, and what do you know my A\C started working. I'm not sure what solved the problem. so in closing i would like to ask if anyone has had a similar problem and knows what it may have been. Thanks prime.
