Folks,

Is this not a low refrigerant level causing the low pressure to interrupt the clutch circuit? He said that there had been an accident, maybe a leak resulted. I don't know this particular system, but many will shut off the compressor when the system is empty.

Good luck,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 516K miles
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