Removal procedure
1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Remove the instrument panel bracket assembly. See section 9E, "Instruments/driver information system".
3. Drain the cooling system. See section 1D, "Engine cooling".
4. Extract coolant. See section 7B, "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system with manual control".
5. Loosen the fixing nuts holding the suction hose and evaporator liquid tube junction blocks to the fire wall.
6. Loosen the clamp bolts on the suction hose and evaporator liquid tube to allow the hose and tube to be moved.
7. Remove the evaporator drain hose.
8. Compress the heater hose clamps on the firewall and slide the clamps towards the engine.
9. Remove the two heater hoses from the heat exchanger piping on the firewall.
10. Loosen the A/C unit screw located under the expansion valve on the engine side fire wall.
11. Have an assistant support the A/C unit from inside the vehicle.
12. Unscrew the A/C unit screw from the evaporator flange on the engine side fire wall. The air conditioner unit will start to lower.
13. Pull the housing straight away from the fire barrier.
14. Remove the air conditioning unit from the vehicle.
Installation procedure
1. Install the air conditioning unit to the vehicle.
Note: To prevent damage to the heater coil tubes, make sure they do not touch the edges of the openings in the firewall.
2. Carefully lift the A/C unit into place on the fire wall and hold it there until the screws on the engine side fire wall are screwed in and tightened.
3. Align and insert the A/C unit screws above the fuel filter and on the evaporator flange.
Tighten
Tighten the air conditioner unit screw to a torque of 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
4. Tighten the A/C unit screw next to the heater hoses.
Tighten
Tighten the air conditioner unit screw to a torque of 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
5. Install two heater hoses.
6. Slide the heater hose clamps into place.
7. Install the instrument panel bracket assembly. See section 9E, "Instruments/driver information system".
8. Put new O-rings on the suction hose and the evaporator liquid tube on the fire wall and install the tubes in place.
9. Tighten the mounting nuts holding the suction hose and evaporator liquid tube junction blocks to the fire wall.
Tighten
Tighten the fixing nuts of the suction hose and the evaporator liquid pipe to a torque of 16 Nm (12 lb-ft).
10. Refill the cooling system. See section 1D, "Engine cooling".
11. Charge the air conditioning system. See section 7B, "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system with manual control".
12. Connect the negative battery cable.