Filter-Drier - Dodge 2000 DURANGO Service Manual

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
Fig. 57 REAR EXPANSION VALVE REMOVAL/
1 – SCREW
2 – SCREW (2)
3 – REAR UNDERBODY LINE MOUNTING BLOCK
4 – REAR EXPANSION VALVE
5 – FRONT UNDERBODY LINE MOUNTING BLOCK
expansion valve ports and stud with the block fitting
on the forward lines. Secure with the mounting bolt.
(3) Install the underbody refrigerant lines. See
Underbody Refrigerant Line in the Removal and
Installation section of this group.
(4) Install the engine air filter housing. Refer to
Group 14 - Fuel System for the procedures.
(5) Evacuate and charge the refrigerant system.
See Refrigerant System Evacuate in the Service Pro-
cedures section of this group.
(6) Connect the battery negative cable.

FILTER-DRIER

WARNING: REVIEW THE WARNINGS AND CAU-
TIONS IN THE GENERAL INFORMATION SECTION
NEAR THE FRONT OF THIS GROUP BEFORE PER-
FORMING THE FOLLOWING OPERATION.
REMOVAL
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Recover the refrigerant from the refrigerant
system. See Refrigerant Recovery in the Service Pro-
cedures section of this group.
(3) Remove the screws that secure the front and
rear liquid line block fittings to the filter-drier inlet
INSTALL
and outlet (Fig. 58). Disengage the block fittings from
the filter-drier. Install plugs in, or tape over all of the
opened refrigerant line fittings.
Fig. 58 Filter-Drier Remove/Install
1 – SCREW
2 – SCREW
3 – REAR LIQUID LINE
4 – BRACKET
5 – FILTER-DRIER
6 – FRONT LIQUID LINE
(4) Remove the screw that secures the filter-drier
mounting bracket to the front fender wheelhouse
front extension.
(5) Remove the filter-drier from the engine com-
partment.
INSTALLATION
(1) Position the filter-drier and its bracket to the
front fender wheelhouse front extension as a unit
and loosely secure it with the mounting screw.
(2) Remove the tape or plugs from the front liquid
line block fitting and the filter-drier inlet. Install the
front liquid line block fitting to the filter-drier inlet
and secure the connection with a screw. Tighten the
mounting screw to 13.5 N·m (120 in. lbs.).
(3) Remove the tape or plugs from the rear liquid
line block fitting and the filter-drier outlet. Install
the rear liquid line block fitting to the filter-drier
outlet and secure the connection with a screw.
Tighten the mounting screw to 13.5 N·m (120 in.
lbs.).
(4) Tighten the filter-drier bracket mounting screw
to 6.8 N·m (60 in. lbs.).
(5) Connect the battery negative cable.
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