How to make AC work with your swap, aka: Need help with AC wiring thread Options

[lagos]

ok... so my AC hasnt worked since the swap and i figure now is a good time to wire that crap up. so i have my harness apart and im trying to look at the wiring diagrams to figure out a few things. seems like i need some help.

"ac amplifier" in the diagrams means the main AC compressor, correct?

on it, is a plug called A8 (looking at the 5sfe diagrams). the harness goes from there to a plug called IM1 and then 3 wires go to the ECU's 1st plug. where is IM1 located ? is it the white, 5 wire plug that goes from the 3s hanress, and plugs in right behind the glove box?

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 29, 2006 - 9:02 PM

[lagos]

cool ... if you find out all the functions of the 4 pins on the AC unit, let me know. i like to know what is doing what and why.

now for some good news. everything should be wired up and "in theory", i should have AC again (after i get the system blead and recharged).

i lucked out, because i kept my 5sfe compressor, instead of the 3sgte one. i unpluged the 4 wire plug from it and looked at the pins..... only 3 pins!!! so whatever function they removed from my 98 ac amp, is also not in compressor, so i shouldnt have any issues there. tomorrow, ill plug everything back in and run some tests with the multi meter to make sure everything is wired up correctly. then ill take the car in for a recharge.

on a related topic... man this weather sucks. i couldnt work on the car at all during the day because of the 100+ deg weather. so i wait till night time, and as soon as i get in the garage, we get this huge thunderstorm...lol . i have all this little stuff i want to do before the meet but at this pace, i dont know how much ill be able to get done.

next project is to figure out why my ABS stoped working after the swap.