摘要:
A vehicle air conditioning compressor plate and seal combination to be positioned on a housing of a vehicle air conditioning compressor, a plate member, and a pad seal member, and related methods are provided. The combination includes a transporting plate member having a plate body including a first transporting pad seal opening formed in and extending through a first end portion of the plate body from an upper surface to a lower surface thereof and adapted to coaxially align with the fluid opening in the air conditioning compressor housing when the lower surface of the plate body is positioned adjacent thereto and a second transporting fastener opening extending through a second end portion and a medial portion of the plate body from the upper surface to the lower surface thereof and adapted to be positioned adjacent the fastener opening in the air conditioning compressor housing when the plate body is positioned adjacent thereto. The combination also includes a transporting pad seal member including a seal body having a seal base adapted to be positioned in the fluid opening of the air conditioning compressor housing and a seal grip connected to and extending outwardly from the seal base and adapted to be positioned into the first transporting pad seal opening of the plate body.