'69 Cutlass with a\c help please
October 2nd, 2009, 04:25 AM
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'69 Cutlass with a\c help please
Hey guys,
Couple of questions that hopefully someone can answer. Should a factory a\c '69 Olds alternator have two belts or just one? My power steering pump has two pulleys, but my alternator just has one, not sure if this is correct or the two pulley setup got taken off or lost over the years. Any help would be appreciated. By the way other GM cars of this vintage are not the same trust me I've looked. Thanks guys.
Couple of questions that hopefully someone can answer. Should a factory a\c '69 Olds alternator have two belts or just one? My power steering pump has two pulleys, but my alternator just has one, not sure if this is correct or the two pulley setup got taken off or lost over the years. Any help would be appreciated. By the way other GM cars of this vintage are not the same trust me I've looked. Thanks guys.
October 2nd, 2009, 08:30 AM
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The alternator on my '71 350 has a one groove pulley, the PS pump two.
The assembly manual only shows a one groove alternator/generator pulley for all engines no matter how equipped in '71.
A/C equipped or with heavy duty generator and engine cooling w/PS has a two groove PS pump pulley.
The PS pump front pulley groove belt goes around the crank and fan pulley center grooves. The alternator belt goes around the same pulleys on the rear groove and also rides on the rear PS pump pulley groove. The front grooves on the engine and fan pulleys are for the compressor belt.
The belts available for a '69 are the same as routed by name so I guess they would be the same.
sixty9olds got it.
The assembly manual only shows a one groove alternator/generator pulley for all engines no matter how equipped in '71.
A/C equipped or with heavy duty generator and engine cooling w/PS has a two groove PS pump pulley.
The PS pump front pulley groove belt goes around the crank and fan pulley center grooves. The alternator belt goes around the same pulleys on the rear groove and also rides on the rear PS pump pulley groove. The front grooves on the engine and fan pulleys are for the compressor belt.
The belts available for a '69 are the same as routed by name so I guess they would be the same.
sixty9olds got it.
October 2nd, 2009, 08:51 AM
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The PS pump front pulley groove belt goes around the crank and fan pulley center grooves. The alternator belt goes around the same pulleys on the rear groove and also rides on the rear PS pump pulley groove. The front grooves on the engine and fan pulleys are for the compressor belt.
The PS pump front pulley groove belt goes around the crank and fan pulley center grooves. The alternator belt goes around the same pulleys on the rear groove and also rides on the rear PS pump pulley groove. The front grooves on the engine and fan pulleys are for the compressor belt.
October 5th, 2009, 05:52 AM
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That could be the cause of the overheating issue I am having... Recon??
Every now and then us mechanics have some parts left over from a job; I am no exception. (Unfortunately I have enough spare parts now to almost build another car...)
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October 5th, 2009, 07:57 AM
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Nope, noone scammed them. I just forgot to put them back on! That could be the cause of the overheating issue I am having...
Recon??
Every now and then us mechanics have some parts left over from a job; I am no exception. (Unfortunately I have enough spare parts now to almost build another car...)
That could be the cause of the overheating issue I am having... Recon??
Every now and then us mechanics have some parts left over from a job; I am no exception. (Unfortunately I have enough spare parts now to almost build another car...)
Halloween is soon, are you and your loyal hunchbacked Texas sidekick I-gor going to assemble that pieces-parts car in your castle dungeon lab-o-ratory Master Robenstein?
I got my pitchfork all sharpened up and ready, just in case.
Engines do run really cool when there's zero coolant, at least the temp gauge says so?
People with old VW beetles used to always want their anti-freeze checked at the gas station.
I told one guy that wanted to buy some anti-freeze for his that they were air cooled and he insisted that I was wrong, so I sold him a quart and he dumped it in the oil filler, the customer's always right.
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