anyone ?

TIA

 

i myself dont know......

 

remove lower mount...

 

Loosen tensioner and remove belt.

 

first, loosen the pulley bolt (14mm I think), then loosen the tension bolt that sits between the AC mount and the engine block (it is kinda hard to see, you will need a good sized extension) the bolt is a 10mm. Then take the two bolts out that hold the front lower engine mount. Slide the belt out.

later

matt

 

anyone with some pics?

 

1. Find a/c compressor.

2. Find a/c belt.

3. Look along a/c belt for pulleys that come in contact with the belt. There should be three:

Crank pulley, pulley on a/c compressor and a belt tensioner pulley.

4. Find bolt to loosen tensioner.

5. Loosener tensioner, which takes tension off the belt.

6. Remove belt.

 

why do you need pics?? how hard do you think it is??

later

matt

 

thanks all

 

Reid, you forgot to tell him to remove the drivers side engine AC mount bracket. Without removing the bracket, no way in hell are you going to remove the belt unless you cut it or you are David Copperfield.

Jack up the car, there are (2) 14mm bolts that stabilize the engine vibration. After that has been remove, proceed to the steps stated above.

 

quick Q, what good would removing the ac belt do? i thought that the a/c belt does work unless the A/C is on? am i totally off about that?

 

You arent off at all. The AC pulley when not engaged has little resistence or little load against the motor. I guess to somebody who is sparingly looking for ANYTHING that will decrease engine resistence would find it useful.

Like they say, everything little thing adds up.

 

 

Just cut it.

 

Yep.

1. find belt
2. cut belt

much easier.

 

and thats what i ended up doing, total time spent: 1 minute

 

ok, clarification, so when a/c is off, virtually no power is lost, only when the a/c is on is where the power is lost, because i had heard a couple whp just with the belt on and a/c turned off

 

same here.. I didn't really see the need to save the belt.. might as well just replace it when it gets put back on.. a big steak knife was all i needed!