the pulley thats below my A/C pully.. what does it do.. it seized up today, bearings are obviously shot... what can i do... how can i fix it... and preferrably by the morning.

 

That should be your air pump. Are you in a emissions legal state? If you aren't I would suggest reroute your belt to bypass the pump or reroute it to bypass the airpump and the A/C. If you are interested let me know and I will show you some pics of how I did it. Works fine. No problems.

 

cali, big smog laws...

 

OK, well you can still bypass it until you get another one or get that one fixed with a shorter belt. I was interested in bypassing mine just for the track so I tried a shorter belt and it worked so well I just left it that way and drive it daily. I will try and find a pic for you. You might be able to do this all year and put it back just for inspection day too .

 

I think this is the one. I used a 65" belt for this.

 

what about your AC.. and can u just buy say a 65" belt at like auto zone

 

why dont you remove the ac compressor and smog pump?

 

Well, I have lately removed those two things. But, for Cali you should probably keep them around.

That is what I did at Auto zone. I just said I need a 6 groove serp. belt that is 65" long. The first thing they wanna do is find out what car it's for. That is funny. I usually give them the answers they want. I said a 90 RS camaro with a 350. They said that car didn't come with that motor. I said I know.

I think that is funny that they lean on that computer so much. You have to explain it to them usually but they will have it.

 

ok i think ill get one for now until i pick up a new pump.. probably frees up a bit of power.. i hear the smog pumps dogs.

 

You can also run it like this. I have mine ran like this.

 

Ok lets try this again.

 

Yeah, that is a different water pump I think than mine. I don't know what years they are different but some waterpumps flowed opposite of the norm. I don't know if mine is opposite or yours is but, that must be the case here. Good point though. What year is your car?

 

what size serpentine

 

All 3rdgen serpentine setups use a reverse flow water pump. If you change the belt routing such that the water pump no longer turns the opposite direction of the crank, you will need a standard rotation pump.

 

My car is a 88 which I believe was either the first or second year for the serpentine setup. The belt is a DAYCO from advance part # 5060820 so its a 82'' belt.

 

what about the bracket that holds up the radiator hose... my belt rubs it... did u just take it off or what, i cant tell in the pic.

 

Yeah, just take it off. Won't hurt anything. My hose dosen't come too close to the belt.

 

both of yalls setups turn the water pump CCW. the crankshaft turns CW, stop and think about it for a second. only thing is tbi305camaro setup looks like it would have more of the belt "on" on the pulley...

 

Yeah, you are right. I was totally confused after that. I had to draw mine on paper before I could get this straight. Brain Fart! Would the grooves be different? Looks like his water pump pulley has the smooth side of the belt on it. True?

 

yes true.. same as how it is with the full size serp

 

here is my setup I am running manual steering, and I like my a/c in summer

 

Manual steering? Ouch! Isn't that a handfull? Could you tell any difference or did you do it with other mods at the same time?

 

I love it at high speed the car is easier to control. with the power steering at over 100mph the car would be very touchy
also I now have a tighter turning radius don't need two foot ball fields to turn around :hail:

 

ok i took the bracket off, and the hose sits on the belt... i loosened where the belt connects to the radiator and turned it a bit and now the hose sits like 1 cm or 2 off of the belt.. but im concerned about it... is there anything i can do to make sure it doesnt come down and sit on the belt...

 

HHHMMM! Strange. I do have a "stock replacement" hose but I didn't think that would make a difference. Can you loosen the hose on your waterneck and back the hose up a bit then retighten it? Maybe that will work.

P.S. Here is another thought. Can you take your hose off and reverse the hose? Don't know if that will work or not, just a wild thought.

 

Here is a pic of mine.

 

not sure.... ill take a pic of it tomorrow and see if we can come up with somethin... thanks for the help

 

you guys got yahoo messenger?

 

yep my yahoo name is the same as it is here.