You can jump the low pressure switch and if it engages then you are low on refrigerant. Or if you have gauges to check charge.

 

You can do the "broomstick test". Start engine and turn on AC on during a hot day when AC would normally run or jump the CCPS so the clutch would normally engage. Take a stout stick (broomstick, etc) and use it as a lever against the inner fender, etc and the clutch plate to push on the clutch plate. If clutch engages with a "push" either the clutch gap is too large (common) or the clutch coil is partly shorted internally and not producing a strong enough magnetic field (much less common).

I know this sounds like BS, but it works.

Clutch gaps on most cars is typically .025" to .028". I dont remember the exact spec on the Taurus.

 

You can do the "broomstick test". Start engine and turn on AC on during a hot day when AC would normally run or jump the CCPS so the clutch would normally engage. Take a stout stick (broomstick, etc) and use it as a lever against the inner fender, etc and the clutch plate to push on the clutch plate. If clutch engages with a "push" either the clutch gap is too large (common) or the clutch coil is partly shorted internally and not producing a strong enough magnetic field (much less common).

I know this sounds like BS, but it works.

Clutch gaps on most cars is typically .025" to .028". I dont remember the exact spec on the Taurus.

I actually tried it but it wouldn’t engage. But I Appreciate the help

 

What happens if you jump the clutch coil to the battery? Does the clutch pull in?

 

I haven’t tried it yet as the connector is hard to get to. I now have a schematic to access off the relay. I will be working on it Sunday when I am off work. I appreciate your input, thank you.

 

If you know which relay is the clutch: it has 4 sockets for the pins on the relay. Numbered as in the pic. Need to know which is which, one goes directly to the clutch. Make a wire with a 1/4' spade on one end, other end to the battery positive. That hot wires the clutch. In my pic I hot wired the starter to bump the engine over. Pic of typical wire diag. for A/C clutch.
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Cool thank you my friend I really appreciate it