2003 F350 Crew Cab 6.8L 4x4 - 248,000 mi. A/C would work until I got out on the road and then it would go out. Removal of a single shim fixed this problem. The compressor is accessed underneath on the passenger side. Nothing needed to be removed to gain access to the clutch bolt. 8mm. 10 minute job. Thanks so much for the demo! Easy fix to a frustrating problem.

This was the fix needed for my 2000 F250 7.3. It started intermittently throwing warm air from the AC. I performed the shim-ectomy as described in this video and cleaned up some crud under the clutch face, and AC works as good as new. Thank you for this video. Great camera work and to the point explanation of the procedure. Great job.

Thank you. This fixed my A/C problem. It was coming on for a few minuets then going off. It just had too much of a gap. Saved me around 200.00!

Just fixed my ac this morning with this info. Took 5 mins, thanks a million

Thanks!! Worked perfectly on my 2000 Ford F250. I noticed that the clutch was not opening & closing when I was turning the AC on & off. I only had 1 spacer inside and I removed it. Once I did that the clutch would engage and dis-engage just fine. I've got consistent AC now. I appreciate the clear instructions and well shot video.

Great video! Clear instructions, concise, clean editing. Good job!

This ALSO WORKS on most 2nd gen Dodge trucks and cars as well. I had to do this on my 2002 Grand Caravan years ago. What a lot of folks don't know is these same compressors are used by several car manufactures, Ford, Dodge, GM etc. I was actually looking for a clutch replacement video on the 2001 F350 7.3L, as I haven't done one on my truck. I'm doing my research on doing a series on diagnosing and repairing the AC system on the 7.3L F250-F350 series trucks. Mine when out so I thought it would be a good time to do one for my subscribers. Yeah I've been a subscriber of yours for awhile, love the truck vids bro. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

Fastest and easiest repair I've ever done on any vehicle. Great video!

Did the max A/C mod about a month and a half ago, and was having issues with my A/C only being cold on acceleration. Just finished up doing this, removed one shim and gapped it at .015 mm and it is night and day difference. This was by far the best video explaining how to do this and well as the fastest and easiest. Appreciate the video man! Definitely got a new subscriber.

Thanks for the help...worked great...been fighting the heat for a year.

Thank You! This completly fixed my problem i was dying of heat all summer. Have a ford f350 7.3 liter only had one washer left took it out and boom cold air 4 eva! Thank you for this video!

MY MAN!!! I have owned this super duty for three years and cursed every summer since the ac never worked. Thanks to this video I am saving money on repairs and saving my sanity. Thank you!

your a life saver man! this was exactly what was wrong with my truck, only took me about 10 minutes to fix thanks to your video. I had been dealing with shotty a/c for a few months, but now it works great!

Seemed to work for me on my 2000 ranger. I also found a surplus of grease behind that ac clutch plate, which I removed much of it. I removed 1 washer spacer. Thanks. Edited. I drove 1 hour yesterday and AC worked perfectly. Thanks for the video. Took me 10 minutes & 8 Mm socket!

Trey, I used this video when I first bought my truck in ‘14 and just had to use it again. Thanks bruh very helpful

Awesome video! Tried this yesterday on my 2006 F150 and so far, so good! I really appreciate you sharing this.

This is what I needed to see! Thanks for this post, it's extremely helpful

Thanks its fixed ! 2001 7.3 PSD compressor would sometimes not engage unless tapped by a wrench....I followed this procedure plus used some engine degreaser to clean the clutch and now its working great.

Excellent how to video! Well done. Great job teaching the process step by step. Concise step by step directions. Perfect!

Worked like a charm on my 2005 f150 - had over 0.35 gap, pulled the plate off and removed last shim, buttoned it up and now i've got ice cold A/C once again. Prior to this the A/C would only run for 10-15 minutes then we'd have hot air blowing through. Saved me close to 800 bucks thinking the compressor was shot!

Great video, i had intermittent ac, was usually good at start up but would disengage after driving. Gap was .055 got it down to the .02 and been good so far.

This fixed mine. I live in HOUSTON-BY-GOD-TEXAS......this was much appreciated. I owe you a beer as summer is creeping in here.

Awesome video!! Just made this adjustment to my 2000 Ranger 3.0 with 170,000 miles and all the original A/C gear intact. Mine had the issue where the compressor would cycle off normally and not cycle back on every now and then. The cure was shutting it off for a while and then turning it back on while driving. I put gauges on it. Everything was normal and the compressor cycle switch was doing is job, so it wasn't freon related. I checked mine after seeing your video and it had about .050-.060" gap in it. I am thinking that this big of a gap was letting the clutch not pull in evenly and bind up every now and then. Also, it just recently started to occasionally make noise like it was slipping. Pulled a shim out and now I have 0.025" as a snug fit on the feeler gauge and it seems to be running and cycling great now. The only issue I ran into is my compressor won't pull in with the engine off, but I have a huge set of channel locks and was able to grab that front ring that the springs rivet to in order to get the bolt loose. The bolt came out easily and seemed like it had a grease on it from the factory, so I left it that way when reinstalling. Mine was also just starting to eat into the rivets like the one you show, so I know a clutch replace/rebuild will be in order after this summer.

good video, worked on my 2002 F-450 , V10

Thanks for the video. My 7.3 was only working intermittently. I had read about this solution, but the video really helped. I only had one spacer but with it removed I now have constant cold AC.

hey guys thanks for sharing your knowledge on this site it help a lots to all car owner who encountered same problem we really appreciate

Super thankful for this video... I live in Victorville California which is basically the desert and the temperature can exceed 108° f.... You are a lifesaver, super easy to do as well!

Thanks man. I want to echo what others have said, good job on the camera work and concise presentation.

Glad I found your video, saved me time and $$$! Thanks a bunch!

Thanks buddy. This worked great I really appreciate the help.

Great video! Super helpful! Only one thing, I looked up this video because my AC clutch wasn’t engaging and part of the fix required the AC clutch to engage to remove that 8mm bolt. I had to get creative but figured it out and followed the rest of your instructions 🤘🏽. Thank you!

You Sir, are the man of the hour at my house right now. The 99 F-350 is now blowing snowballs. Many thanks!

Great video. It literally took me less than 5 minutes. My 2002 F350 7.3 cycles on and off when the temperature gets above 80 degrees. I could see there was a very large gap so i took out one washer. Gonna take it for a test ride soon to make sure its working good. Thanks again

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This worked for me. 15 min job! We’re so used to the heat I hope we’ll be okay being cold now!! Haha

Thanks a ton!!! took me ten minutes on my 2000 F150 2WD and it is blowing colder than cold!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome Trey. I like it, short sweet and to the point. Funny i've watched your videos on and off for years. Today I noticed that I hadn't subscribed so today I did. Keep up the fine work bro! Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya PS have a few F350 videos of my own: Hope you don't mind if I put of few of yours in my playlists. Keith

Thanks for sharing. Just followed your video and worked like a charm.

Thanks great video! A mechanic in town wanted to charge me $190 to do this. He basically told me that the compressor air gap was off and needed adjusting. At least he was honest but $190 for that... what a rip off. Thanks again

Another great vid! Keep em coming.

Thanks! Showed me just what I needed.

Dude, super helpful, and quality video.Thanks

Nice tutorial. Thanks!

WoW!! Awesome video. You explained my problem perfectly and showed me the way to fix it. This is something I think I can do!! Thank you very much!!

Thanks for teaching me something new!

Awesome tips. Thanks a bunch. Very informative video.....

Thanks, this helped me fix mine, I forgot to put the washer and if the washer is not there you will basically have the clutch locked.

Brah....Much Mahalos...you saved me around $200.00 just for a new A/C Compressor not including any other crap I may have needed to replace my 2002 F350 7.3 A/C Compressor. I actually only had one washer, but it was caked with crud too. I used braqke cleaner and removed the one washer, which totally closed the gap and it all works like a champ now. Took like you said, around ten minutes... Mahalo

You’re a lifesaver! Thank you so much for this info! Worked great 😊

Awesome, just fixed my truck, thought I was going to have to buy one , thanks

Could not believe that’s all my problem was. Thank you for saving me so much money!

Thank you! This fixed my ‘02 mustang. Just took 1 shim out and it worked.

I need the instructions on 2004 Ford F-150 Tritan super crew cab on removing spacers from air conditioning clutch please. You did great job on the video I saw but I think it was not the same truck I have. Thanks if you can help me out.

Great video, well done. Appreciate it!

Thanks for the video. Do you have to have a spacer? I only have 1 in there now and need to close the gap.

Just did this today and worked exactly as intended. Had one shim left. Removed it and the air now stays ice cold as it should. No more revving up to get the compressor to engage.

Thanks bro. Good info. 👍👍👍👍

When refrigerant is low or over charged it makes the clutch kick on and off more frequently, thus causing clutch plate to wear out faster. After adjusting the clutch get your system serviced.

Super helpful buddy thanks!

2014 Ford Fusion. A/C stopped working. Checked the compressor, had 1/4" air gap. The bolt had come out and lost. Installed new M6 metric bolt (about 3/4" long) with loc-tite. On the road again. $.53, with washer.

Thanks for the video helped a lot

great video I have the same radio

Just fixed my issue as well. Easiest fix ever Appreciated

You are literally my current hero

Simple, straight forward no bullshit. This is what I needed, thanks bro, wish my 95 had double din, I like the way that double looks in your truck..

Good video nicely done

Very cool. Thank you for posting :)

Worked like a charm!

Awesome sauce!

If you don’t have feeler gauges you can use a spark gap coin. Or what I did was use my caliper to measure different things around my house until I found a card stock that was about 0.025” thick

You're so lucky with the position of the compressor. At my Volvo V70 it's somewhere down, only reachable by dismantle it. And needs to pulled of with a tool.

Thanks for the video, Is this measurement also the same with for Taurus?

Good stuff!

Thanks for the video I have a 2002 F250 7.3 with 300,000 miles on it and for the last couple of months I have had to get out open the hood and tap the the front of the compressor to get the clutch to come on! I was gonna spend 100 bucks and buy a new clutch but I tried this and sure as shit pops on immediately now!

Thank you for the concise video. Excellent tutorial. So many are full of nonsense and never get to the point.

Amazing, thank you. God Bless you.

Working!! Thanks a bundle! I must have flipped mine on and off 100 time through Arizona last summer and every 20x it would flip on but any bump in the road and it would turn off again and I would sweat and cry. 110 that day. Stoked to un-fog my windows fast again.

I had my 03 6.0 dually having same issues mthe gap was way over I took the 8m bolt off and behind my clutch was only one shim took it out and put it back took. me about 5 min and now the clutch is working well no more having to tap in it to engage it

What’s your PayPal? You are a life saver!!!! I’ve been dealing with this issue for the last two years. You just save me $1,200.00 and replacement parts, recharge, and labor costs. May God bless you.

That's a very neat trick you used to remove the center bolt. Thanks mate.

Took one washer out and the air gap is .010 now and A/C works great

Ur the man! Thank you!

Thank you

Thank you! Getting ready to address my non-working a/c system. Thanks

Awesome video as this is exactly my problem with a 02 sport trac. The problem is the clutch does not engage with accessory engaged by the key with the ac turned on. I've tried like an earlier reply buy starting the truck, turning on the ac to engage the clutch then slowly turning off the truck but the clutch disengages every time. I can't get it to lock no matter what :( please help!

I'm try this 👌

very good

Cool! And thank you so much for how to get the expansion bottle out of the way without having to drain it!

thanks a lot

Awesome!

***** hey man just a quick question i have a 2000 f250 5.4 and i believe my clutch plate is on the bottom of the pulley system towards the bottom of my engine. and today i hit it with a screw driver like you said in your posts and it works again. i am just double checking if you think that one is the ac compressor unit. thanks though,

thanks man! good info FD radio in the background was a nice touch

Thanks exactly what I needed.

I have a 99 Ford Explorer. The clutch engages once when turning the car on. Then nothing. Checked the pressure switch, fuses, relay and wiring. Do you think this would work for me?

what kind of gauges are those? I can't hear that well. are those the same you use for spark plugs? thanks.

Will the air gap cause short cycling of the compressor?

can the pulleys lock up on the ac clutch and not allow the belt to turn and prevent the truck from starting if so can you remove the belt and put a shorter belt to siill allow the other pulleys to turn and not use the ac anymore ?

Do you take one spacer or put it back all?

I have a Ford Focus 2010, my frion is full, had it checked w a machine, high is to high, and clutch won't come on. Fuses and relays are good to.. I don't know what to check next.

While the ac is on and running that clucth have to remain locked , cause I have an issue my truck ac is blowing hot air , and I hear the clip I guess is when engage but right after disangage so I dont know is this a problem,

How do you know what the manufacturer spec is for the air gap?