Hey everyone, I just picked up an '89 Accord LXi...it had been sitting for a year or two before now...anyway it runs strong but it's got an electrical issue that I would appreciate some help tracking down, as it's giving me multiple possibly unrelated or related symptoms...the A/C is also not working properly, and I'm not sure if it is potentially related to the electrical issue or not.
I've done some searching and read through some troubleshooting/service manuals, but they aren't helping me much.
Symptoms:
-Radio station display light (the one that shows the actual station you're on) flickers sometimes - other lights on radio unit are fine.
-Climate control lights/LEDs either do not turn on or are very, very dim. They tend to flash on (esp. the A/C LED) very briefly when I turn the fan on.
-A/C compressor is not turning on, fans seem to blow fine but no cold air
-Passenger side window regulator/motor (power windows) struggles to get the window up. Driver's side is strong.
-Some lights in the gauge cluster dim slightly when the turn signal indicator lights are flashing (I think this is typical?
-Every once and a while the car starts a bit funky, almost like the main relay is going out, but this has gotten better since I've run a couple of tanks of gas and injector cleaner through the car - I'm thinking it was just a result of old gas in the tank.
Anyway I was thinking maybe I just have a bad ground somewhere and need to recharge the A/C, but I wanted to know what you guys think or if anyone has experienced similar symptoms...
Thanks!
EDIT: I forgot to mention that the car idles a little off sometimes. Almost like a bad idle control valve, but different...if that makes any sense.
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