Removing Magnetic Clutch
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- Pressure plate
- Spacer
- Pulley
- Solenoid coil
- Seeger circlip ring for pulley
- Seeger circlip ring for solenoid coil
- Use a commercially available strap wrench to securely hold the pressure plate -A- on the air-conditioning compressor, and loosen the fastening screw -1- .
- Screw an M8 screw -2- into the thread of the pressure plate until the pressure plate -A- can be removed by hand.
- Take off spacers -B- behind the pressure plate.
- Use a Seeger circlip ring pliers to remove the Seeger circlip ring -E- on the pulley -C- .
- Remove pulley -C- from the compressor.
- Unscrew the two cap nuts -4- for the fuel cooler. → REMOVING FUEL COOLER
- Unscrew the three fastening screws -5- securing the air-conditioning compressor.
- The connection point for the electric line for the air-conditioning compressor is located behind the oil-filter console. Lever the connector out of the plastic holder and pull it apart.
- Screw off electric line for the solenoid coil on the compressor:
- 9.1. Lift the air-conditioning compressor up to allow easy access to the fastening screw -1- for the line connected to the solenoid coil.
- 9.2. Unscrew fastening screw -1- for the line connected to the solenoid coil.
- Remove Seeger circlip ring -F- for the solenoid coil using the Seeger circlip ring pliers. Remove the solenoid coil from the compressor housing.