Cylinder Head and Valve Plate

Compressor Components:

Remove or Disconnect

1. Six cylinder head cap screws with a 3 mm wrench.

2. Cylinder head from the valve plate.

Loosening The Valve Plate:

^ Use a small hammer and the gasket scraper to tap the outer edge of the head until it is freed the plate.
^ Check the gasket for wear.

3. Valve plate.
^ Position the gasket scraper between the outside edge of the valve plate and the cylinder block and lightly tap the valve plate loose.
^ Inspect the reed valves and discharge retainer. Replace if worn.

4. Gasket material carefully from the valve plate ana cylinder head with the gasket scraper.

Important
^ Use new gaskets for reassembly.

Install or Connect

1. Clean refrigerant oil to the valve plate gasket (17).

2. Gasket to the locating pin holes and oil orifice in the cylinder block.

3. Valve plate (18).
^ Align the valve plate locating pins to the pin holes in the block.

4. Clean refrigerant oil to the top of the valve plate.

5. Cylinder head (15) and cap screws (11).

Tighten

Torque Sequence:

^ Screws to 32 N.m (24 ft. lbs.) using the star configuration as shown in the illustration.