73 slant 6 AC delete belt

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I deleted Ac on my 73 slant 6 and the only belt driving the water pump is the alt belt (minimal contact) What belt would I use if I want to connect the crank pulley to the water pump pulley directly? The PS pump has its own belt driven from the crank.

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RGAZ
 
Thats how they did it from the factory without AC.

Main belt is crank water pump and alternator
P/S pump is crank and P/S pump
A/C is crank water pump AC compressor and tensioner
 
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So the rear pulley on the water pump and rear on the crank cannot have a belt so I get water pump direct drive?
 
On a Abody Slant 6 damper there is only 1 groove for the alternator and the water pump, if you have AC there is a pulley bolted to the rear of the damper, and if you have power steering there is a pulley bolted to the front of the damper. Also, with AC you have a 2-groove water pump pulley.

I edited my previous post to include the water pump pulley on the AC belt.
 
bcschief said:
On a Abody Slant 6 damper there is only 1 groove for the alternator and the water pump, if you have AC there is a pulley bolted to the rear of the damper, and if you have power steering there is a pulley bolted to the front of the damper. Also, with AC you have a 2-groove water pump pulley.

I edited my previous post to include the water pump pulley on the AC belt.
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100% agree. So the question is: if I remove the Ac compressor, I have an extra pulley on the crank that lines up to the extra pulley on the water pump. Can I get a belt that just directly connects those two? So if I run no alt, I still get water pump driven.

Anyone do this?
 
RGAZ said:
100% agree. So the question is: if I remove the Ac compressor, I have an extra pulley on the crank that lines up to the extra pulley on the water pump. Can I get a belt that just directly connects those two? So if I run no alt, I still get water pump driven.

Anyone do this?
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You would need to fab up some kind of belt tensioner
 
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