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help please with serpentine

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tsoupeis

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i need help with routing my serpentine belt.
is it possible to route it with the ac?
i have a 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX - V6 3.8L 231ci GAS FI N K, the ac is on the bottom right.
thank you for any assistance
 


ac is on the bottom closest to the front of the car. OUR CARS do have a belt routing diagram on the core support. unless your is peeled off?
 
U half to get a ac bypass pulley that goes inplace of your ac comp.
The diagram should b on the pass strut tower too
 
This is the only picture I could find for you. It is for an 04, but should work for you. Is this what you wanted?

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cerick that is the diagram for the full belt but i am looking for it without the a/c which is on the bottom corner i was told to just put the pulley on without the a/c compressor hooked up for now, not sure if this is right but going to try it, thank you tho
 


So, I think I’m getting it.;) You want a belt routing pattern for an A/C delete setup. Well, to be honest I have never heard of a car with a serpentine belt route that could just skip a component and still work properly. I have always heard of people just adding dummy pulleys and maintaining the stock route.
 
Even if you were to totally negate the A/C as a whole...you physically can't just get a smaller belt...in order for it to wrap tight enough it would hit the water pump...making it fail. Just get the A/C bypass pulley and bracket.
 
Unless your AC compressor is bad...I'd probably mention that there's not enough of a difference to remove it. If you are removing a good compressor, please pm me. I'd be interested in buying and wouldn't need shipping.
 


Hey guys! I used the search function and found that it appears the only option I have to bypass the a/c is to get the a/c bypass pulley.

My girlfriend has a 99 GTP and the a/c clutch is apparently going out, a loud noise coming from that area and Is sounds like the same thing when my a/c clutch was going out on my Camaro. She was told it would be about $900 to fix it because they need to replace the compressor, etc. She's getting a new car In December and giving me the GTP since I totaled my truck and I don't need A/C so I'm just going to do the A/C bypass pulley. It sounds pretty simple to do and cheap also!

Now that i'll be taking over the GTP, i'll be using this forum a lot. I was on LS1tech when I had my Camaro and found the forums to be very helpful.
 
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