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Old 06-06-2002, 10:41 PM   #1
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HELP!! A/C Compressor seized...need to re-route belt!

OK 1990 iroc serpentine. A/c compressor just seized...not enough time to replace it......I need to know if I can by-pass it by running off the smog pump, under the tensioner pulley and continue it's normal route. Anyone know if this will work and if so how long a belt? No time to do the delete thing...have to get to work and mother to the airport! Thanks!
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Old 06-06-2002, 11:29 PM   #2
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does teh pulley ( the inner grooved thing) still rotate freely when the a/c system is off? if so you can just put a new belt on and replace later. Other thatn that, you'll hafta get creative. I thought of doing the same thing but i dont think its possible to route it correctly. Anyone else know?
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Try super shuttle, they're pretty reasonable for airport runs.

I think you're stuck. I don't think there is a way to just run a belt over the smog pump and still have it reach the tentioner.
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the compressor pulley is the problem...that is what has failed (gawd auwfull noises from under the hood let me tell you!) I took a piece of string and routed it from over the alternator, around the P/S pump. under the crank pulley, around the water pump, under the smog pump and back to the alternator....took all the tension off the tensioner pulley and measured 84" I THINK I might just get enough tension on the belt to hold me for a little while till I can fix things correctly......any opinions?
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Old 06-07-2002, 12:17 AM   #5
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make sure all the accessories are driven in the same direction as they where before you route it around.
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you need a special pulley either from the dealer or from a junkyard for a car that didn't have AC. I removed the AC from a friends TPI, and used to be a dealer tech, so i got a deal on the pulley and bracket that goes in place. It was like $40 wit my discount, don't remeber what it would've been without, but prolly at least $60. I think that we still used the same belt, and the routing was still the same. Not sure though, abd don't know the part number.
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