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David and his Ford truck with a little motor and a big idea......
Ford F-350 Dually Crew Cab 5-Sp 7.3 IDI Centurion Conversion. No mods, rebilt IP and replaced injectors. Used as personal driver and pulling my RV camper.
Planned upgrades are a new and better turbo and larger exhaust pipes than the 21/2s that are already under the rig/ would like a 6 spd tranny but dont know if that is a feasable or smart investment yet.
1993 Dodge 3/4 ton Van Conversion 318CI
1978 Dodge Magnum XE T-top Classic 4BBl 400CI (Honeymoon Car)
1965 Dodge Polara 4 DR 383CI
I asked at Autozone yesterday about ordering an Idler pully, about $32. I'm going to check with Napa and see what they have, since Napa is closer to my house.
My alt belt flaps all over the place no matter how tight I set it. I need this mod (thanks Gringo).
Just go into Autozone and order the pulley? Just any 4" diameter pulley? Is there a part number associated with the pulley? To fit the V belt properly and size of bolt hole need more specifics. Great idea.
Just installed new belt yesterday.
Look at my photo album and the part number is on one of my pics i took when i put the pully on mine several months ago. It is working great. And so easy to do.
Dwight in Mississippi
The bolt hole in the pulley is larger than the bolt in the water pump and too short once the pulley is there. So, I went to Ace Hardware and bought a 1/2" longer bolt and one heli-coil that fits the bolt. Cut the tang off the heli-coil and screw it onto the bolt and it will center in the pulley hole. OkieG
Good idea with the helicoil and will keep that in mine.
My bolt/pully has never moved sence i installed the okiegringo pulley.
It works great and a lot less noise and vibs. Just wish i had done it years ago.
Thanks again okiegringo
Dwight
well i got the number from dlblack
45954 is autozones part # also 845954 bought one today works like a charm cost a whole 18.00 for pulley incl tax 2.00 for fasteners
list is like this
1, 45954 ac pulley
1, 11/2" 3/8 grade 8 bolt
1, split lock washer
4, 3/8" gr8 flat washers
I turned a sleeve out of a drop off a gun barrel ,tight clearances and turned outside .480
thanks okie
god bless
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You're very welcome, guys. My idler pulley has been on for 2 yrs now and still with the same alt belt. Before the idler, my belt would vibrate soo much that it hit the lower bolt head of the fuel filter bracket. That was the wear point on my engine. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img]OkieG
I'm planning to do the okiegringo pulley mod. I went to autozone and purchased the 45954 pulley like in the pic but it looks different than the one in the pic. The one in the pic looks like it has a offset hub on it. The one I purchased doesn't have that. I even went to NAPA where that # crossed to a 38003 and got the same result. Is it just the pic that makes it look that way or what? Also the "V" doesn't seem wide enough for the belt. Is that ok because it is just an idler or am I getting the wrong pulley?
I don't get it, i tried this mod with the pulley from autozone and there was like.. 1 micron between the mod pulley and one of the main pulleys on the water pump and with the engine running it would vibrate the pulley just a little bit and it would beat against the other pulley resulting in this clinging sound. So i took it off... What happend to me? Everyone elses seems to work fine.
I put one on mine a while back, works great .I was changing belts every six months.I used Dblacks pics.for reference.I cut a piece of 1/2 inch stainless tubing and stuck it in the middle to take up the slack....Robert
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1989 ford f-250 4x4, new DAS remanufactured 7.3, zf 5 speed- 410 gears, 600.000 + miles,hypermax turbo+exhaust system, air lift air bags all the way around,luk single mass flywheel,york on board air compressor and tank,recaro leather bucket seats,spray on bed liner, holly red pump,coolent filter,gear vender,filtration solutions oil bypass filter,ford motorcraft glow plugs,mechanical gauges in the stock cluster, mean green starter,hypermax cowl air induction system,vormax fuel filter, grover air horns,evans coolant,baja block drains.
Pictures: http://photos.thedieselstop.com/show...1&si=robertleo
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I don't get it, i tried this mod with the pulley from autozone and there was like.. 1 micron between the mod pulley and one of the main pulleys on the water pump and with the engine running it would vibrate the pulley just a little bit and it would beat against the other pulley resulting in this clinging sound. So i took it off... What happend to me? Everyone elses seems to work fine.
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Eric, is your water pump pulley bent? Probably got bent the last time the alt belt broke and wrapped around it. I'm still running the same belt. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]OkieGringo
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