Well, after evacuating the system, I was fortunate enough to have access to a lift.
I also used an air impact to remove the bolts. I did remove the splash shield, but that was all. I first removed the bolt from the hose manifold and moved the hoses down and under the frame rail. Then, I used a two foot extension with a universal impact socket, to remove the bolt from the back. The compressor will come out from the bottom where the splash pan was attached. It did take a little persuasion to get it out, however no more than 1-min. It took several attempts to get the new one back in place, due to the weight of the compressor. That took about three tries and 5-min. I was able to flush the lines without removing the whole manifold assembly. I used a small pressurized cylinder filled with toluene (brake clean) to flush the system & blew it out with nitrogen. It sure is nice to have 40 deg. air coming out of the vents again!!
