HazT, negative on the "three-bolt." In that picture, which is misleading because the compressor is shown upside-down from the way it's mounted, the suction (inlet) and discharge (outlet) are shown on the lower left side of the picture. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think each of the two lines joins with one retainer bolt, and I believe they are separate. If they are coupled together, they would join with two retainer bolts. According to the Auto Zone site, this compressor was also used on '92 and '93 Monteros.

Along other lines, I was able to loosen the nuts that hold the upper control arm shafts today. The trick is to remove the zerks and use a loooong breaker bar while they are still bolted into the truck. I had to bolt the driver's side arm back in to get it, and I had to turn it upside down to get the front nut loose because there wasn't enough room to get the socket on with the breaker while it faced toward the front.

Installing the new shaft is pretty easy, but the shop manual is quite specific about getting the measurement of the relationship of the shaft's bolt holes that connect it to the frame as the measure from each end of the control arm. Each half-turn (180 degrees) of the shaft changes caster, and it does it by quite a bit. The easy way to get it right is with a micrometer/caliper, measuring from the edge of the bolt holes to the place on the control arm that the manual indicates, which is the outer edge of the hole in the arm. The measurements have to be as close to each other as is possible.

I still have to press in the new ball joint into that upper arm, but that looks pretty simple.

I'm still fighting the lower arm. The lower front bushing I screwed up doesn't want to come out. I have the new one to put in, though. Next time I'll use more soap and do it indoors so it doesn't dry out so fast while I'm working. I've never really had trouble with these before, so I guess it just wasn't as dry out the last times I've done it. Need to get this part done so I can reassemble the driver's side and get on with this.

Unrelated note, went tubing again yesterday and my tan is really coming along. The 'scenery' there is impressive.

John B.