removing ac compressor

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

You have to remove the alternator completely. There's a triangle sized hole on 
the right side (if you're facing it) that you have send in a 6mm hex socket on 
an extension to remove the alt bolt. Then you can get at the two bolts on the 
lower plate that go into the water pump housing. This job is BY FAR the worst 
PITA that I've dealt with in VW's...

Good luck - JT

> I have the square type ac compressor and I'm trying to remove it. How the
> heck do you get this thing off? There's all kinds of plates and rods and
> bolts holding it in, you'd think it weighs 5 tons. I've gotten the hose
> that goes to the radiator thing off but can't figure out how to get the
> other hoses off to pull out the whole thing. I've undone the plate on the
> front and the rod that goes from the bottom to the starter (? I didn't look
> that closely). There are two small bolts that look like they hold clamps
> that holds the hoses on the on the driver's side of the compressor, but
> they're completely round. Suggestions?
>  
> TIA,
> Dan
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