Section 49 (A/C-Heater System - Manual): Operation: Compressor
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1994 Mercury Tracer and 1994 Ford Escort. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
A/C systems use a Nippondenso 10P13 10-cylinder axial design compressor (1.8L) and a Ford FS-10 10-cylinder swashplate design compressor (1.9L). Compressors have 5 double-acting pistons, positioned axially around compressor shaft. Pistons are actuated by a swashplate pressed onto compressor shaft. Swashplate uses shaft rotation to provide a reciprocating drive force to each of 5 pistons. This drive force is applied through balls and shoes to midpoint of each piston.