Section VIl. COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS
81. General
The compressor assembly is a two-cylinder,
a. Removal.
two-stage, air-cooled unit. It consists of an air
(1) Turn off the outside power source or
intake cleaner, intercooler and aftercooler
stop the engine as applicable.
tubes, and high-and low-pressure cylinders, Air
(2) Release all air from the compressor
drawn through the intake cleaner into the low-
by opening the draincock (3, fig. 2).
pressure cylinder is forced through the inter-
(3) Remove the nut (1, B, fig. 18) that
cooler tube into the high-pressure cylinder.
secures the upper belt guard bracket
The compressed air then passes through the
(2) to the manifold stud.
aftercooler tube and the check valve assembly
(4) R e m o v e t h e c a p s c r e w ( 4 ) , f l a t
into the air receiver tank. The check valve as-
washers (6), lockwashers, and nuts
sembly prevents the air in the tank from flow-
t h a t secure the lower belt guard
ing back into the aftercooler tube.
brackets (7) to the guard and lift off
