Control Switches

Remove or Disconnect

1. Recover the refrigerant.
2. Disconnect the electrical connector from the switch in the rear head of the compressor.
3. Remove the switch retaining ring using J 5403 internal snap ring pliers.
4. Remove switch from compressor by pulling on terminal housing.
5. Remove old O-ring seal from switch cavity using J 9553-01 O-ring removal tool or equivalent.
- If switch will be reinstalled in compressor, a new O-ring seal must be used and preferably a new retainer ring should also he used. A new switch kit has the O-ring and retainer ring included.

Install or Connect

1. Check switch cavity and O-ring groove in the rear head for dirt or foreign material and clean as necessary. Install new O-ring coated with clean 525 viscosity refrigerant oil into groove in switch cavity.
2. Lubricate the switch housing with clean 525 viscosity refrigerant oil and carefully insert switch into switch cavity until switch bottoms in cavity.
3. Using J 5403 snap ring pliers. install switch retaining ring with high point of curved sides adjacent to the switch housing. Be sure retaining ring is properly seated in the switch cavity retainer ring groove.