nice forumfolks - i've been lurking and learning lots for a while. time to post now...
ok - i have a 2003 x-type
weather here is so freekin cold - it was just the other day when i had the first chance to turn on the ac - no joy, just warm air.

**** - get the scan tool out and no codes.- good
put gauge on suction side and get75lbs - good
remove fuse/relay box cover and fuse is good
remove relay and short normally open contacts - still no cool air
shine flashlight from engine compartment down into compressor area and see ac shaft not turning
remove the relay jumper and measure resistance to clutch 4 ohms - good

wtf???

bring car to my mechanic and tell him i can't get my fat head under the car to see it, but it's gotta be the ac clutch

later in the day mechanic calls me to tell me that i was close - and that the clutch is missing from the car!!

can you imagine!? just a pulley and a threaded shaft remain....

 

From what I've heard here from these experts..the clutch nut comes un done sometimes..

 

it might be a good idea to perodically snug the ac clutch nut. you never know when the damn thing will fall off...

 

The only way to get get a wrench on the nut, is from underneath..a real bugger

 

i fell sorry for the cars.. on the highway when that clutch piece comes off lol.. i think now jag doesnt sell the clutch separate.. have to buy the whole compressor.

 

lol....probably has some major locktite on the nut now....
We had a BMW came in with the clutch stuck in the windshield claiming it came off of a car with our dealers license plate frame on it.....lol
Wanted us to replace the windshield.

 

LMAO poor guy kinda funny tho.. i dont think he will be liking jags.. or buying them.. lol

 

No...he called the cops and everything. We ended up having the BMW dealer down the road replace it for around $100 just to get him gone and we reflashed the ECM and VID block on a XJ. You ever noticed on the 2006 XJ when you update ECM, it no longer has ASL? gotta wait for new VID block. SUcks.

 

noi guessthe ASL still wud not workafter.. find most people dont use it. you?

 

One in a hundred prob use it. They are the ones that notice. Now I always check after reflash to make sure it still is there. It is only number in the VID block. I asked them to give it to me so I could change it myself, but they wouldn't...lol. Afraid I would set the Speed Limiter to 200mph or something...lol.

 

our engineer should me how to do it.. but he has the master coded list.. on what is what on the VID block.. i prefer VID block over CCF tho.

 

Yes without a doubt. You should have made a copy of that list....lol. Hey....whats that over there, ****** and run.