A/C Compressor clutch not engaging

It initially went down but looking at that gauge, it looks like it krept back up by the time the picture was taken.

Roy,

Time and proper tooling was my enemy.

I narrowed it down to one, what you mentioned about the low pressure, not allowing the clutch to remain engaged and two, I wasn't getting a proper signal from the fuse/relay to the compressor.

After going over many techs in my area, I picked the one I thought would serve the purpose and took the truck down to him yesterday. He found what was suspected. I didn't have any way to properly evacuate and then replace the Freon in the system. That was the first thing he did. Then he found the signal not getting to the compressor as I had found. Somewhere in the harness, there is a short with that line. He bypassed it by running a wire from the fuse box to the compressor and solved the issue. I am back in business and the A/C is working as it should. Clutch and compressor are fine and all is well.

What will still be in the back of my mind is, where is the short. Not to hard to imagine because I do live down a dirt road with a few dips here and there. Maybe next on my list needs to be a new set of shocks.

Thanks for the assist and stay safe.

John

I am going to stop by there today and ask more information on where he tapped into and see where the actual line goes. I had read where this is not the first of it's kind and with this specific line. Apparently repeated in same models, occurring somewhere the line travels from the compressor around the transmission housing on to the fuse box.

Agreed, there has to be a cluster of wires and more are probably on the verge if not already shorted.

Thanks for all of your help.

John