Took my 75 to a local shop last week to have the car tuned and the AC serviced (a new R134 adapter since one was leaking). On the way home, I felt like the AC was working and then thought it quit. Next time I drive it, same thing. I thought it was working and then it wasn't. Today I got to looking at it and I didn't have any power to the compressor. Then all of the sudden I did and the compressor kicked in and everything started cooling just like it was supposed to. When it was working, I went in the car and started messing with the control panel and the only time the compressor would disengage was when I turned it off. I went in the house to look through my service manuals to see if it was supposed to be on when not on AC. I go back out and try stuff again and I don't have power to the compressor again. All fuses seem to be fine and the problem seems to be intermittent. I guess I have a couple questions.
#1 Are the vacuum lines just for opening and closing doors for ventilation or could I have a vacuum issue that could be causing the problem?
#2 Where is the power supposed to come from to activate the clutch on the compressor? Is it all in the control panel or is there a whole list of things it could be? Is my control panel potentially the problem since the compressor wasn't kicking out when I did have power or was it functioning just like it's supposed to?
I don't want to contact the shop yet and blame them for issues they didn't cause, but maybe they got something wrong when tuning the car, that's why I ask about the vacuum lines to the control panel.
I've tried looking at the wiring schematic and to be honest, I get a little confused by it when it gets to the ambient switches and everything else. Thanks in advance for any help