2. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
3. Mark the alternator belt with chalk or a felt-tip pen to indicate the direction of rotation so that you can install the belt in the same way. Loosen the belt tension by turning the tensioner in the direction of the arrow (see illustration 17.18). Secure the tensioner clamps No. T40098 and remove the alternator belt.
4. Remove the bolts (see illustration) and remove the alternator belt tensioner with the engine lifting eye. Remove the alternator (see Chapter 5).
21.4. Tensioner and lifting eye mounting bolts
5. On models with independent/additional heating, remove the screw (1 in illustration 5.4) its exhaust pipe on a sound-insulating casing.
6. Unscrew the fasteners (1 and 2 in Illustration 5.5) and remove the front soundproofing screen.
7. Remove the bolt securing the refrigerant line bracket to the oil pan (see illustration 5.48).
8. Disconnect the connector (1 in illustration 5.49) the wiring of the electromagnetic clutch of the air conditioning system compressor, unscrew the bolts (arrows) securing the compressor to the bracket and hang the compressor on the body without disconnecting the refrigerant lines from it.
9. Remove the accessory bracket mounting bolts in the sequence shown in the illustration.
21.9. Fastening of the auxiliary unit bracket
10. Installation is performed in the reverse order of component removal. Tighten the auxiliary unit bracket mounting bolts in the sequence shown in Figure 21.9; apply thread varnish to the threads of these bolts first.
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