05 autoride not working?

[my 05]

I was going to take my truck to the dealer next week to have my Autoride looked at. But this morning The compressor turned on for the first time in a long time and the compressor sure did sound like it was struggling to work. When I got today I crawled under neath the truck and look at the COMP. it looked very weathered ,what a bad spot to put it right behind the tire. How hard is it to change the Compressor any special tools?

 

[greenhornet]

If the compressor is the same as a 2000 it is easy.Unplug the air line the electrical con. then loosen I think 3 bolts , you do not have to remove them then lift up on the comp.and pull straight out quite simple really.