Dodge RAM TRUCK 1500 1995 Service Manual page 1685

24 -16 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
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(1) Install the compressor on the mounting bracket
and tighten the compressor mounting bolts to 27 N-m
(20 ft. lbs.) torque.
(2) Connect the compressor clutch wire lead.
(3) Install the serpentine drive belt.
(4) Remove the tape from all the opening and in­
stall the lines to the compressor with new seals.
(5) Connect the negative cable to the battery.
(6) Evacuate and charge the A/C system (refer to
Refrigerant Service Procedures).
COMPRESSOR MANIFOLD
REVIEW WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS IN
THIS GROUP BEFORE PERFORMING THIS
OPERATION.
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
(2) Recover refrigerant (refer to Refrigerant Ser­
vice Procedures).
(3) Disconnect refrigerant lines from manifold.
(4) Remove manifold bolts and remove manifold.
INSTALLATION
(1) Install manifold on the compressor with new
seal.
(2) Install manifold bolts and tighten to 25 N-m (19
ft. lbs.) torque.
(3) Install refrigerant lines to manifold.
(4) Evacuate and charge the A/C system (refer to
Refrigerant Service Procedures).
(5) Connect the negative cable to the battery.
COMPRESSOR CLUTCH COIL ASSEMBLY
REVIEW WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS IN
THIS GROUP BEFORE PERFORMING THIS
OPERATION.
REMOVAL
(1) Insert the pins of the Spanner Tool 6462 into 2
holes of the clutch plate (Fig. 1). Hold clutch plate
stationary and remove hex nut.
Fig. 1 Magnetic Clutch Hex Nut
(2) Remove clutch plate. On the diesel engine the
compressor must be removed and Puller 6461 used to
remove the clutch plate (Fig. 2). This compressor also
uses a shaftkey which must be removed.
J8924-18
Fig. 2 Clutch Puller
(3) Remove the external front housing snap ring by
using spread type snap ring pliers (Fig. 3).
J8924-20
Fig. 3 External Snap Ring
(4) Insert jaw lips of the Clutch Puller Tool 6141-1
into the snap ring groove exposed in the previous
step (Fig. 4).
(5) Place Clutch Puller Shaft Protector Tool 6141-2
over the exposed compressor shaft.
(6) Install the Puller Plate Tool 6461 and bolt (Fig.
5). Two bolts go through the plate and into the jaws.
Finger tighten bolts.