Underdrive Pulley - Junkyard Style!

Cobraman1024 · February 6th, 2011, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by zonker

sounds like measuring time with your old belt. take a cut belt and lay it in all the pulleysand mark where it overlaps, then measure the length and subtract 1"- 1.5" and try out a belt with that size.

Or I could just drive the car up to Advance Auto Parts or somewhere, remove the belt and have them match it up with one on their belts rack lol......They've got a belt measurement tool too.

zonker · February 6th, 2011, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Cobraman1024

Or I could just drive the car up to Advance Auto Parts or somewhere, remove the belt and have them match it up with one on their belts rack lol......They've got a belt measurement tool too.

i know your just talking about removing a belt quickly and walking it in but i prefer not to work on my car in front of the parts store.

it hurries me and i usually wind up leaving with some messed up compromise on what i actually needed to do since i am that particular parts store's bitch until my car is back on the road.

Cobraman1024 · February 10th, 2011, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by zonker

i know your just talking about removing a belt quickly and walking it in but i prefer not to work on my car in front of the parts store.

it hurries me and i usually wind up leaving with some messed up compromise on what i actually needed to do since i am that particular parts store's bitch until my car is back on the road.

I just to prefer to not have to change belt sizes two or three times before the right length is found. It's worse when you can't try the belt on your car until you get home only to find out that its too short or way too long.
My '95 Cobra was always the worst for finding the right length belt; I was using BBK u/d pulleys with the air pump deleted. finally I just ended up putting the factory pullies back on and then finding a belt was a little easier. Autozone and Advance don't have a problem with test-fitting belts in the parking lot. Usually only takes a few minutes anyway.

zonker · February 16th, 2011, 09:41 PM

bumpski

mattabater · February 17th, 2011, 12:48 AM

what if i plan on taking all the a/c componets out how would i set this up then?

zonker · February 17th, 2011, 12:55 AM

leave the a/c idler and run the belt: crank - water pump - idler.
you'll need to measure up a new shorter belt

thedriver33 · May 7th, 2011, 02:07 PM

still cant find a dang ranger lower pulley to save my life.

Cobraman1024 · May 8th, 2011, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by zonker

leave the a/c idler and run the belt: crank - water pump - idler.
you'll need to measure up a new shorter belt

I must be missing something here.............are you referring to a setup that uses the Ranger crank pulley?

my '93 has a separate belt that runs crank/waterpump/AC. I just removed that belt when the clutch went out on my compressor.........and then I removed the compressor, compressor bracket, accumulator and condensor. The condensor was badly damaged by the previous owner of my car and needed to be replaced anyway.

Cgross609 · May 8th, 2011, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by zonker

leave the a/c idler and run the belt: crank - water pump - idler.
you'll need to measure up a new shorter belt

Why Waste your money at all? Just run it without the AC belt altogether! Thats what i did when my A/C compressor seized up.

ranger50toy · May 9th, 2011, 11:48 AM

Zonker's underrrive set-up uses the A/C belt to drive the water pump.

murdered96 · December 25th, 2011, 07:23 PM

Will this work on a 96 ranger 2.3

February 16th, 2011, 09:41 PM	#44
zonker Enthusiast 1991 Mustang LX 2.3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 660 iTrader: 0 reviews	bumpski __________________ Rob 1987 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (T5) project 2.5 N/A HP 1991 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (A4LD) 1992 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (A4LD) 41.52 mpg!! 1994 Capri XR2 1.6 Turbo Convert 1999 ZX2 S/R 2.0 Coupe http://zxtuner.com

February 17th, 2011, 12:48 AM	#45
mattabater Regular 1992 Mustang LX Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 83 iTrader: 0 reviews	what if i plan on taking all the a/c componets out how would i set this up then? __________________ 92' 2.3n/a LX soon to be 2.3T SVO Clone

February 17th, 2011, 12:55 AM	#46
zonker Enthusiast 1991 Mustang LX 2.3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 660 iTrader: 0 reviews	leave the a/c idler and run the belt: crank - water pump - idler. you'll need to measure up a new shorter belt __________________ Rob 1987 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (T5) project 2.5 N/A HP 1991 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (A4LD) 1992 Mustang 2.3 LX Convert (A4LD) 41.52 mpg!! 1994 Capri XR2 1.6 Turbo Convert 1999 ZX2 S/R 2.0 Coupe http://zxtuner.com

May 7th, 2011, 02:07 PM	#47
thedriver33 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The Lone Star State!! Posts: 47 iTrader: 0 reviews	still cant find a dang ranger lower pulley to save my life. __________________ -87 5.0 notch (slowly being built.....) -92 5.0 Hatch (getting ready to be DD) -93 2.3 notch (DD) -(sold) 96 3.8 coupe -(sold) 82 5.0 hatch -(sold) 85 2.3 Coupe -(sold) 91 5.0 Coupe -(sold) 91 Hatch 5.0

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