A/C stops blowing at stop lights

Pete3323 · Post by **Pete3323** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:40 pm

Just got back from a road trip in my 1988 Ford Bronco 2. Worked fine on way to destination., about 3 hours away mostly freeway. A couple days in I started hearing a loud noise/vibration with a loss of A/C. On the way home it worked fine (no noises) on the freeway but once I got off and in street traffic I would lose the a/c when stopped. When it works it blows cold so I don’t think it lost refrigerant. Any ideas? Thx…

B52bombardier1 · Post by **B52bombardier1** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:11 pm

Either you have lost the radiator fan or the condenser fan that pulls heat out of the condenser or the compressor / compressor clutch is failing.

My two cent guess.

Rick

Post by **Tim** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:50 pm

88 Bronco II will have a fan blade & fan clutch unless modified.

tbirdtbird · Post by **tbirdtbird** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:59 pm

I'd be thinking about too large an air gap and possible bad clutch bearing

Both topics are covered well here, I would do a search

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