Engine Accessory Bracket: Service and Repair

Accessory Bracket

Removing

- Drain the coolant. Refer to => [ Coolant, Draining and Filling ] Procedures.

- Remove the ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.

- Remove the charge air pipe from the noise generator, if equipped. Refer to => [ Charge Air Hose to Noise Generator ] Charge Air Hose to Noise Generator.

- Remove the generator.

- Disconnect the connector - 1 - from the Air Conditioning (A/C) compressor regulator valve.






Refrigerant can cause serious personal injury.

• Do not open the A/C refrigerant circuit.

- Remove the A/C compressor bolts - arrows -.

Risk of damaging refrigerant lines and hoses.

• Do not stretch, kink or bend refrigerant lines and hoses.

- Secure the A/C 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 bracket from the coolant pump housing.

Installing

• Replace any bolts that were tightened to an additional torque angle.

• Replace the O-rings and seals.

- Coat the O-rings - 4 - with coolant.






- Install the union - 2 - into the coolant pump housing - 3 -.

- Slide the accessory bracket - 1 - onto the union - 2 -.

- Position the accessory bracket to the cylinder block and then install the bolt - 4 -.






- Install and tighten all the bolts in 3 stages in sequence - 1 through 5 - as follows:






The rest of the installation is basically a reverse of the removal procedure, when doing this, note the following:

• Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Ribbed Belt Drive Overview ] Ribbed Belt Drive Overview.

• Install the A/C compressor.

• Install the generator.