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Old May 8, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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A/C kickup adjustment?

Is there a way to adjust the A/C kickup? My car drops from 900rpm to a whopping 500rpm.

I looked through the FSM but didn't find anything about the A/C.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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You mean when you turn the AC on the engine rpm goes from 900 to 500? then that solenoid is not working.

Also, a bit of data on your car please. Per your public profile you don't even have an rx-7.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Theres an adjustment screw on top of the throttle opener solenoid.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hrottle+opener

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hrottle+opener

Although in my case, I had to put washers in between it and the bracket to raise it up enough. Even then, when I adjusted the screw for fine tuning, I found that when the throttle opener raised the revs it would bounce back after hitting around 1000 rpm. I could never get mine idling > 800-900 rpm with AC on without the throttle opener resetting...
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Old May 8, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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Thanks for the wisdom guys. I found the problem.

Now as far as fixing it, I'm stumped. The arm that pulls the linkage up to open the butterfly valves, when the A/C is on, it touches the linkage without actually moving it up. When the A/C is off, it's probably 2mm below the linkage. That is with the solenoid adjustment screw backed all the way out.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Here, the green arrow is pointing to what isn't pulling the linkage upwards.

When the A/C is on, it's barely below the linkage. When the A/C is off, it's no where close to the linkage.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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As I said ( ), you might need to put some washers between the throttle opener solenoid and the bracket to raise it up. Thats what I did.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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rotordave, missed that part. That worked like a charm. Thanks again!

Still runs like crap with the A/C on, but I can't complain. At least this Texas weather won't kill me now!
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