8.1.03.1 Renew Gasket Kit
- Make
- Aston Martin
- Model
- DB7 Factory Workshop Manual Volume 2: Electrics, Body and Air Conditioning
- Year
- 1994–1998
- Section
- Repair procedures › 8.1.03.1 Renew Gasket Kit
Air conditioning8.1.03.1 Renew Gasket Kit
Procedure
- Open the bonnet and fit a wing cover.
- Depressurise the air conditioning system.
- Remove the compressor.
- Remove the compressor drive clutch.
- Remove the compressor pulley.
- Slacken the field coil wire clamp screw (Fig. 1) and release the wire from the clamp.
- Field coil wire clamp screw
- Retaining snap ring
- Remove the field coil retaining snap ring and detach the field coil.
- Clean the mating face of the compressor with a cloth moistened with an approved cleaning fluid.
- Position the new field coil on the compressor and fit the retaining snap ring.
- Route the wire to the compressor and fit the wire clamp, tighten the securing screw.
- Fit the compressor pulley.
- Fit the compressor drive clutch.
- Fit the compressor.
- Recharge the air conditioning system.
- Remove the wing cover and close the bonnet.
8.1.03.1 Renew Gasket Kit
Data
Torque Figures
Cylinder head bolts 29.83 to 33.9 Nm.
Procedure
- Open the bonnet and fit a wing cover.
- Depressurise the air conditioning system.
- Remove the compressor.
- Position the compressor in a vice, tighten the vice onto the compressor body lugs.
- Remove the outlet port blanking plate securing bolt and detach the plate.
- Remove and discard the ‘O’ ring seals from the outlet port.
- Remove the compressor cylinder head securing bolts, detach the cylinder head.
- Detach the valve plate from the compressor.
- Remove the gaskets from the compressor.
- Remove all traces of gasket material from the mating surfaces of the cylinder head, valve plate and cylinder block.
- Gasket
- Valve plate
- Cylinder block
- Position new gaskets (Fig. 1-1 and 3) on the valve plate (Fig. 1-2) and then place it on the cylinder block.
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