upper left corner, that some of the swashplate coating has worn away.







Here's the cylinder shell with the pistons removed



And the other side of the swash plate



Here is a washer and one of the roller bearings which slip onto the end of the swashplate shaft











And all of the bearings and washers inside the compressor



The front cylinder shell and valving is identical to the back.




Here's all of the parts inside the compressor





And with the valve reed plates removed from the cylinder shell



The valve reed plates are constructed of spring steel, and bend back & forth when the compressor is actually installed in a car and compressing refrigerant.



That black plate has some sort of polymer coating on it that melted a little bit and left a black outline on the silver plate in front of it.





Here's the swash plate with the bearing and thrust washers installed on it.



And the swash plate inside the cylinder shell.



Here's the parts in the above picture seperated apart.



And from a different angle



And a closeup of the bearings again



The input shaft is a little discolored on the front near the clutch. Wonder what hardness it would now rank at after recieving a heat treatment from the failed compressor clutch.











Here's two pistons. One with the ballshoe installed, one without.





And the front/rear of the ball shoes.



And a piston with both ball shoes installed and a swash plate inserted too. Note how the ballshoes allow the swash plate to change angles.







When assembled, there will be only 5 pistons inside the compressor. But each piston is double-acting and has two sides to it. So this is considered a 10 cylinder compressor.





The pistons had some scratches on the tops. Likely from the read valves hitting them.



There must be some sort of secret trick to getting the pistons with all 10 ball shoes on them installed into the cylinder shell. But for ease of assembly, the ball shoes were left out for these pictures.
















This swashplate FS10 r134a compressor will also retrofit into 1992-1993 crown victorias with the factory installed FX15 r12 compressor. But do note that most 1992 ford crown victorias will require a 7 groove pulley rather than the 6 groove pulley that you'll find in later crown vics.

Note that many of the ford trucks will have an 8 groove clutch pulley rather than the 6-groove clutch pulley that's typically found on passenger cars. And on some applications, the a/c clutch coil might need to be rotated some to change the connector clocking.

And if the rear head were to be changed from a top port manifold connection unit, to a rear port manifold connection unit you could also use this compressor in many more ford cars like the taurus, v6 mustang, etc...

Some people have talked about using an a/c compressor as a source of shop air to run pneumatic air tools from their motor vehicle while they're on the road. This compressor might work if you figured out a way to keep it oiled. But a better choice would probably be a compressor from the 1960's or 1970's car with an internal oil reservoir.