removing ac compressor

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

Allyn wrote:
> i've got the first of those tools:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=3009
> and let me say that it sure made quick work of this:
> http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/020328-115312-Z10.htm 

It looks like you did it with that little lawn edger in the background.
The way the T-handle sticks up and all....

>>Dan Smith wrote:
>>
>>> 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?

IIRC, ya take die kompressor off'n die bracket first.
There are bolts on the bottom (post-de-wasserpumpenization).

I could be wrong.  What I want to know is how to put it back.