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Serpentine Belt in 240

Sorry, didn't get it done had to work on my daughters car. Hopefully this weekend i'll get some work done and some photos posted.
 
man i have a 97GLT engine and I think I'm going to do the same thing your doing! besides drilling the water pump pully and making that bracket, do you HAVE to have the ford 4 cylinder waterpump?

Why can't you run the belt this way? Would there be a problem?
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man i have a 97GLT engine and I think I'm going to do the same thing your doing! besides drilling the water pump pully and making that bracket, do you HAVE to have the ford 4 cylinder waterpump?

Why can't you run the belt this way? Would there be a problem?
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Hence double ribbed
 
Got to be careful if you consider rotating it backwards, all 2000+ alternators I see have 'free-wheeling' if it's rotated backwards, there's a one-way bearing built into the pulley.
 
Im not sure of the years but I remember installing the one way type pulleys with the clutches on 5 cyl cars when I was working at the dealer. This was done as a fix for strange noise/vibration that later cars didn't have a problem with because they came with the clutch type pulleys from the factory 2000+.
That said, the clutch pulley can be removed and a normal pulley from and an older car with the same type alt. can be installed so the alternator will rotate backwards.
 
Im not sure of the years but I remember installing the one way type pulleys with the clutches on 5 cyl cars when I was working at the dealer. This was done as a fix for strange noise/vibration that later cars didn't have a problem with because they came with the clutch type pulleys from the factory 2000+.
That said, the clutch pulley can be removed and a normal pulley from and an older car with the same type alt. can be installed so the alternator will rotate backwards.
 
Got to be careful if you consider rotating it backwards, all 2000+ alternators I see have 'free-wheeling' if it's rotated backwards, there's a one-way bearing built into the pulley.

If the belt routing is modified similar to my routing (obviously allowing for the WP on the left of motor), the later (00'-) alt is not running backwards, it's designed to run CCW (on the inside of the belt), hence the dual-ribbed belt.

XRB5245TBeltRouting2.jpg


if you use a tensioner AND an idler, you can run it CW, but the belt is longer & now you have an extra pulley to worry about

XRB5245TBeltRouting1.jpg
 
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Yay moar movin partzzzz...

XRB5245TBeltRouting2.jpg


This is the orientation I had in mind...but yes, that'd require a twin sided ribbed belt and the alternator DOES run backwards, or am I missing something.


only for hers i need to stop drinking so much.

Drink too much and you'll really need those ribs to give her any sense of pleasure. :-P
 
Yay moar movin partzzzz...

XRB5245TBeltRouting2.jpg


This is the orientation I had in mind...but yes, that'd require a twin sided ribbed belt and the alternator DOES run backwards, or am I missing something.


only for hers i need to stop drinking so much.

Drink too much and you'll really need those ribs to give her any sense of pleasure. :-P
 
Yay moar movin partzzzz...
This is the orientation I had in mind...but yes, that'd require a twin sided ribbed belt and the alternator DOES run backwards, or am I missing something.

This (my) alternator is running backwards, based on the arrows indicating normal rotation. 00'- alternators are designed for this specific belt routing, so those are not running backwards as they are designed to run CCW.
 
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