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13.7 Checking/replacing compressor drive unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
13.8 Unfastening and tightening compressor drive shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
13.9 Removing and installing compressor drive shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
13.10 Detaching drive plate with overload safeguard/attaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
13.11 Checking concentricity of drive plate with overload safeguard/adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
13.12 Unscrewing drive plate from compressor/screwing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
13.13 Removing and installing drive plate with rolling bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
13.14 Detaching refrigerant lines from condenser/re-attaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
13.15 Removing and installing condenser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
13.16 Removing and installing restrictor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
13.17 Removing and installing reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
13.18 Detaching refrigerant lines at evaporator connection/attaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
13.19 Removing and installing evaporator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
13.20 Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
13.21 Starting up air conditioner after charging refrigerant circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
14 Removing and installing air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
14.1 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
14.2 Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
15 Dismantling and assembling air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
15.1 Removing and installing covers in plenum chamber, fresh air blower and evaporator . . . . 183
15.2 Dismantling and assembling bottom part of housing and air distribution housing . . . . . . . . 187
15.3 Dismantling and assembling air distribution housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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