Before you go further, try unplugging the aux water pump. A bad pump shuts down the CC system.

Has anyone ever proven that? I know there's nothing in my '86 to shut it down, unless it burns open the Darlington transistor pack. My pump was seized and the ACC still worked just fine.

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