How to: AC delete

[BADCLOWN]

looking to rid my m52 of the ac system before it gets dropped into the e30. searched the forums and couldnt find any significant info.


anyone have a knowledge bomb they can drop?

[herlsy]

Take off the compressor and bracket

[BADCLOWN]

Take off the compressor and bracket

clearly.



is there a different belt that needs to be ran?

[nrubenstein]

clearly.



is there a different belt that needs to be ran?

Uh, no.

And, uh, you couldn't look for a belt drive diagram/picture? Because there are lots of them. You could also eyeball the pullies and you'd see that one of them doesn't line up with the rest.

[BADCLOWN]

Uh, no.

And, uh, you couldn't look for a belt drive diagram/picture? Because there are lots of them. You could also eyeball the pullies and you'd see that one of them doesn't line up with the rest.

Again, I searched these forums with zero findings or info. And no, I can't eyeball it due to being at work and the motor being at the shop which is not where I work.


Your panties.......take them out of their bunch

[Mr.SWISS]

Again, I searched these forums with zero findings or info. And no, I can't eyeball it due to being at work and the motor being at the shop which is not where I work.


Your panties.......take them out of their bunch

Actually, your eyeballz, take them out of your ass.

[drumad]

remove both belts
remove ac pulley wheel
remove trigger wheel
remove tensioner
remove compressor
remove bracket
reinstall trigger with/without ac wheel
reinstall main accessory belt

done.

As far as removing the wheel, I'm not too sure whether or not the bolts are too long or not if the pulley is removed. I just put my m52 accessories back on and I can't remember whether or not the flange had room behidn it for some of the bolts. If anything you can fab a very thin spacer to make up for the missing pulley. I'm pretty sure there's enough remove though.

[BADCLOWN]

Actually, your eyeballz, take them out of your ass.

have any of the keyboard warriors on this site come to realize that sometimes (if its even on this forum anywhere) that people just cant locate information and instead of being a complete piece of shit for no reason you simply throw up a link to the info or spend 30 seconds and post a reply?

i looked for 20mins to no avail and google searched.


i didnt know you could spell eyeballs with a "z". thats cute

[BADCLOWN]

remove belt, remove bracket, remove compressor

done.

As far as removing the wheel, I'm not too sure whether or not the bolts are too long or not if the pulley is removed. I just put my m52 accessories back on and I can't remember whether or not the flange had room behidn it for some of the bolts. If anything you can fab a very thin spacer to make up for the missing pulley.

thank you, very much. i appreciate the response

[drumad]

have any of the keyboard warriors on this site come to realize that sometimes (if its even on this forum anywhere) that people just cant locate information and instead of being a complete piece of shit for no reason you simply throw up a link to the info or spend 30 seconds and post a reply?

i looked for 20mins to no avail and google searched.


i didnt know you could spell eyeballs with a "z". thats cute

I think it's more of the fact that you didn't look yourself yet. I believe you need a 16mm to loosen the main tensioner to get that belt off. A 13mm for pretty much everything else iirc. The set up is very intuitive and you probably couldve waited. But I'm a nice guy and it seems we're doing our swaps in parallel so I responded.

thank you, very much. i appreciate the response

I revised with steps I completely forgot about.

[nrubenstein]

Again, I searched these forums with zero findings or info. And no, I can't eyeball it due to being at work and the motor being at the shop which is not where I work.


Your panties.......take them out of their bunch

With the mighty magic of google, I got a hit on the first result. I have no problem with people asking questions, but it gets annoying when people can't find things that are blindingly obvious.

Fortunately, it is quite funny when they are really insecure about their incompetence.

[BADCLOWN]

if i had the means of looking at the motor i would but i cant do so until weekends and by then the motor will be back together.


just a simple question needing a simple answer

well i googled and didnt turn up anything, same goes for searching this forum. that first google hit you got was probably this thread haha. nice work.

[drumad]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=e36+ac+removal

first result

[herlsy]

clearly.



is there a different belt that needs to be ran?

Yep thats pretty much it. A different belt will be needed only if removing the power steering pump.

[nrubenstein]

if i had the means of looking at the motor i would but i cant do so until weekends and by then the motor will be back together.


just a simple question needing a simple answer

well i googled and didnt turn up anything, same goes for searching this forum. that first google hit you got was probably this thread haha. nice work.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=m52+belt+diagram

Look at the first picture. I don't know what the hell you were searching for, but apparently it wasn't actually related.