A/C question

[knever3]

Would you install an A/C compressor without the lines, (ports taped shut) just to get it running or get a A/C delete pully and bracket? I would like to get my truck running by the 14th of Sept but I don't want to mess with making the A/C complete by then. I figure if I don't plug in the clutch excite wire and pressure switches the clutch won't engage so it won't spin the compressor.

 

Fact or fiction?

[Eagle]

If you don't move the control switch to one of the a/c settings, the a/c won't turn on anyway. The a/c has never worked in my '88 MJ and the compressor just sits there.

[NotMatt]

Yep, just install the compressor... no big deal.... if there is no refrigerant pressure, the clutch won't even turn on even if you put the selector in the A/C setting.

[Blue88Comanche]

and if you really wanted to you could disconnect the wire that activates the a/c clutch on the compressor

[knever3]

That's what I thought, thanks for re-assuring my thought process.