Hey guys,
This may be a dumb question, but I'm newish to this.
I have an '86 C20 with a 350 engine and 350 trans. With AC, power steering, and 2 smog pumps and charcoal cannisters.
I have recently updated the fuel system. (new driver's side tank and sending unit, new soft fuel lines, new fuel pump)
I got the old feller to run and idle with some sticky valves that eventually loosened up and ran smoother.
As I was reaching over to rev the engine with the throttle cable, I got slapped in the face with part of a belt. I shut it down and realized the alternator belt that has been sitting since 1996 had started to lose long strands from the outside of the belt. Long, copper looking strands covered with some clothlike shoestring stuff.
All the belts will need to be replaced, but I'm wondering if there's a package I can buy that includes everything I need, or if I'll need to have specific belts for each individual component.
I will take pics and post soon.
I believe I recall this specific belt is running over 3 pulleys. (crank, fan, and alternator) I also have a belt that runs around the AC compressor and Power steering pump. I removed both the AIR pumps and won't replace them, due to several...many broken, tore, cracked vacuum hoses that basically negate the things altogether. There was 1 belt running around both of those pulleys and the fan.
Looking from the front of the truck, into the engine bay, the a/c compressor is at the 1'oclock position from the fan. Power steering like 3:30 or 4 o'clock. Alternator at 11 o'clock. AIR pump at 9:30 ish and another AIR pump at 7ish.
The A/C, power steering, and AIR pump belts were/are all rubber with teeth-like grooves running horizontal to the belt. This alternator belt that is fraying is smooth on the outside and grooved inside toward the pulleys.
Like I said, this may be a silly question, and I may not have provided enough detail for the answer, but I had to ask.