[DeTomaso] Air Conditioner Compressor Belt Tension
J. Sean Keane
spleen at spamcop.net
Sun Aug 2 11:25:25 EDT 2009
I have no doubt that everyone who has responded to my question is right,
but I find this situation very surprising. This has to be a problem for
every car with a 351 Cleveland, not just the Pantera. Adjusting the
tension in a belt is such a routine maintenance task, how on earth could
they have made it so difficult? Bad Ford!
Thanks to everyone for making me aware of the possible fixes. I haven't
decided yet whether I'll buy the upgraded idler pulley, or switch to a
rotary compressor and eliminate it completely. But at least now I know
my options.
Regards,
J. Sean Keane
Charles Engles wrote:
> Dear J. Sean,
>
>
> I think that you are describing the stock AC belt pulley
> tensioner? You don't have the PPC upgrade?
>
> If it is stock, then it is perfectly normal for it to
> appear to be impossible to loosen, adjust and retighten. It is not
> impossible. It is just so much of a PITA, that you will be motivated
> to buy the modified piece from PPC. I adjusted mine once twenty
> years ago and quickly bought the modified piece and marveled at how
> much better it worked and was fabricated than the stock unit. It has
> been so long since I did it that I can only recall you will likely
> need to gain some access to the nut away from you in the cockpit by
> jacking the car up and coming at it from below and behind. It is
> doable, but the pain, the pain (in the ass...). Two people do make
> it easier, but one can do it with enough profanity.
>
>
>
>
> Stiff upper lip, Chuck Engles
>
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