Drive Belts, Mounts, Brackets and Accessories: Service and Repair
Accessory Assembly Bracket
Removing
- Drain the coolant. Refer to => [ Coolant, Draining and Filling ] Service and Repair.
- Remove ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.
- Remove the generator.
- Disconnect the Air Conditioning (A/C) compressor regulator valve (N280) - 1 - connector from the A/C compressor.
Refrigerant can cause serious personal injury.
• Do not open the air conditioning refrigerant circuit.
- Remove A/C compressor bolts - arrows -.
Risk of damaging refrigerant lines and hoses.
• Do not stretch, kink or bend refrigerant lines and hoses.
- Tie up the compressor with the refrigerant lines attached to the longitudinal member.
- Remove the bolt - arrow - for the oil dipstick guide tube.
- Remove the bolts - 1 through 5 - and pull off the accessory assembly bracket from the coolant pump housing.
Installing
• For the correct tightening specifications, refer to => [ Ribbed Belt Drive Overview ] Ribbed Belt Drive Overview.
Installation is carried out in the reverse order while noting the following:
• Replace bolts that are tightened to the specification.
• Replace the O-rings and seals.
- Coat the O-rings - 4 - with coolant additive. For the correct coolant refer to the Electronic Parts Catalog (ETKA).
- Install the connection - 2 - into the coolant pump housing - 3 -.
- Press the accessory assembly bracket - 1 - onto the connection, mount the bolts and tighten. Refer to => [ Accessory Assembly Bracket Tightening Sequence ] Ribbed Belt Drive Overview.
- Install A/C compressor.
- Install the generator.
- Install the ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.
- Fill the coolant system. Refer to => [ Filling: ] Service and Repair.