AzPete
Well-Known Member
The old three pulley with the ribbed side of the serpentine belt running on the smooth water pump pulley. This slipped at higher RPM's and was just crappy. I could not come up with the proper grooved pulley nor could March or any other place. The engine is a 302 out of an '82 F150.
Got a aluminum reverse flow pump (not shown here), moved the tensioner pulley to the A/C mount with a small modification for the spring end, bought a longer belt and here is the new look. I wanted to get the belt setup working before I actually switched the pump out. Also, not in this pic is the stabilizing bolt to the head so the A/C bracket would keep in one place so the belt tracks good. All pulleys have the belt centered now. I choose this routing to cut down on the long belt runs and belt slapping. Added an overflow tank last week also just because.
I should have replaced the timing chain cover as an oil pan corner bolt is cracked out (extremely small seep). My back was on its way out so I installed the pump and got it back on the road.
Got a aluminum reverse flow pump (not shown here), moved the tensioner pulley to the A/C mount with a small modification for the spring end, bought a longer belt and here is the new look. I wanted to get the belt setup working before I actually switched the pump out. Also, not in this pic is the stabilizing bolt to the head so the A/C bracket would keep in one place so the belt tracks good. All pulleys have the belt centered now. I choose this routing to cut down on the long belt runs and belt slapping. Added an overflow tank last week also just because.
I should have replaced the timing chain cover as an oil pan corner bolt is cracked out (extremely small seep). My back was on its way out so I installed the pump and got it back on the road.