Hey I'm looking for a how to write up on how to replace the ac compressor on a 2001 dodge ram. My ac hasnt been working and I had it checked out and the shop said it is the AC compressor clutch. I figure I will replace the compressor. Just looking for a write up to detail how to remove the compressor. Any info on how to do this job would be awesome. thanks

 

Need to evacuate the system before cracking it open, otherwise, bad things™ happen. You can just replace the compressor clutch assembly, and NOT have to open things up. Much cheaper, and easier.

 

For future reference you might want to download this. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...e-manuals.html

 

Never done one on a dodge but like any other v8 engine its probable just... Suck it down, , remove electrical clip, remove belt, 4 bolts, rear ac hookup, add a few oounces (manual specifies specific amount) of PAG oil to new compressor, attach with your bolts, plug in connector, add belt. Place in a vaccuum for 15 minutes to boil out moisture, and then charge, Make sure you low pressure is around 35-55 (I think) and high should be maybe a hundred psi more. Manual probably indicated specific pressures.

-Jared

 

I have the shop manual. The shop manual is always going to tell you how to do something using a Mopar tool. Sometimes there are other ways to do things without a specality tool. I'm also thinking about just replacing the ac compressor clutch. But all the manual shows u is to use the mopar spainer wrench.

 

have a look at what the special tool is supposed to do, and find something else that will do the job just as well. The spanner wrench is just used to hold the pulley in place, while you remove the nut, is it not?

 

Do a search in 2nd gen ram, there is a thread or two somewhere, that guys have replaced the clutch only. And if IIRC, they did it without special tools.

 

Wow, look at that. The search function works.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...tructions.html

 

That's crazy talk. You used some kind of magic voodoo because everyone knows no search function ever works as it's a lot easier to ask a zillion inane questions to get everyone else to simply hand you the answer.

 

HAHAHA! I finally figured it out after all these years here, And Thank You very much for your input, member #3 of the Troll Patrol. LOL