FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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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.