That's an ADIP dryer, not an ad9. Those can be a pain to service, because the center bolt will corrode to the dryer cartridge and aluminum housing badly. You might have to use a heavy duty strap wrench, and a breaker bar with a pipe to get it to spin off.
Yours looks like it hasn't been serviced in years, so good luck with it if you do plan on service/rebuild. A reman might be your best bet.
You can upgrade that to an ad9. But it is a taller unit, so you might have to get creative with the bracketry. Especially if you intend on servicing an ad9, because it can't be located closely to the floor like yours currently is.
Either dryer will work fine, it's just the adip will install as is. An ad9 might require some work.
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