I ordered a new OE compressor from Rockauto. Couldn't find a good price in the UK. The one autodoc was bringing up with my reg looked like the wrong one. The right one was not in stock and £750! I suspect the Valeo catalogue is wrong.
Anyway, I cross-referenced with the Volvo part number (36002114) and that corresponds to Valeo 813141 and that's what Rockauto was suggesting, too. I hope it's not the wrong one.
It looks like the clutch should come off without too much trouble. I'll take the clutch off the new compressor and post some images since I was struggling to find anything on the internet.
If it looks like just replacing the clutch can't be done, I might bite the bullet and get Volvo to do it. They reckon 2.5-3h labour. Not too bad. Probably looking at a grand all in. Plus the money wasted on the compressor. I hate AC work and I want a decent warranty if I have anything done.
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