 |
01-07-09, 10:26 AM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ramer Alabama
Posts: 148
|
belt gonna stay or not
I am in the middle of a saginaw conversion and am wondering if i am going to run into a problem. my alternator is mounted below where i put my cruiser solution bracket. (same as jt bolt to the head) I am running a single belt. everything is kinda cramped in one spot. its not allowing as much contact belt to alternator as i would like. I am not sure if po moved alt there or if its supposed to be there. I do not have a double pully on the crank so this is how i set it up for now. Is anyone else running this set up. or am i just looking for trouble.
__________________
1972 FJ40 SAGINAW, GM BOOSTER ,DISC FRONT STOCK F MOTOR. HCS 4 INCH BUT I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
DIXIELAND CRUISERS
Last edited by wbb72fj40; 01-08-09 at 12:03 PM.
|
|
|
|
01-07-09, 12:34 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mobile, AL
Posts: 686
|
got any pictures of what is up?
|
|
|
|
|
01-07-09, 12:36 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ramer Alabama
Posts: 148
|
I will get some tonight basicly my pump is sitting on top of my alternator
__________________
1972 FJ40 SAGINAW, GM BOOSTER ,DISC FRONT STOCK F MOTOR. HCS 4 INCH BUT I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
DIXIELAND CRUISERS
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 12:05 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ramer Alabama
Posts: 148
|
pics up take a look
__________________
1972 FJ40 SAGINAW, GM BOOSTER ,DISC FRONT STOCK F MOTOR. HCS 4 INCH BUT I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
DIXIELAND CRUISERS
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 02:10 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: GarlicLand, Kalifornia
Posts: 439
|
You could move your alternator to the other side with a later model alt bracket. It puts it on the passenger side up high like the ps pump. You probaly will need a longer belt and you'll have to lengthen the wiring to go across the front of the valve cover.
Phil
__________________
1973 FJ40, beeropener
1966 FJ45, (the 12HT has arrived....  )
1995 4Runner, AT with dual cases
President, Mountain Transit Authority, San Jose, CA
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 02:55 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ramer Alabama
Posts: 148
|
well thats what I am thinking I will have to do if if throws the belt. Or if I have a tension problem. the problem I have run into is the po bought a 2f motor but left it as a single belt. i will have to buy double pullys to run the alt on pass topside.
__________________
1972 FJ40 SAGINAW, GM BOOSTER ,DISC FRONT STOCK F MOTOR. HCS 4 INCH BUT I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
DIXIELAND CRUISERS
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 02:58 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Kansastitty
Posts: 7,310
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pjohnson
You could move your alternator to the other side with a later model alt bracket. It puts it on the passenger side up high like the ps pump. You probaly will need a longer belt and you'll have to lengthen the wiring to go across the front of the valve cover.
Phil
|
How would he drive the waterpump/fan? 
That is the stock location for an F alternator.
__________________
My Anger-Management Class really pisses me off
'66FJ40, Fresh 2F, H42/Orion(By Poser... LCR4WD), ARB Front/rear(By Poser... LCR4WD), MetalTech Cage installed by Poser, Screw-ups fixed(by Poser) 4WDB Corvette Master, Mini Truck PS, 3.5" Lift, Warn 8274, 33s on stockers, WhiteKnuckle sliders 
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 03:51 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: GarlicLand, Kalifornia
Posts: 439
|
Hmmm.... ok. I have a '75 2F and my alt was located on pass side, but it certainly could have been moved to that location before I got it. I missed the lower two-pulley part of the equation, doh!
The lower pulley shouldn't be too hard to find and certainly the alt bracket could be found. I think I may still have my old one. (my York install replaced it)
Phil
__________________
1973 FJ40, beeropener
1966 FJ45, (the 12HT has arrived.... )
1995 4Runner, AT with dual cases
President, Mountain Transit Authority, San Jose, CA
|
|
|
|
|
01-08-09, 03:54 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Kansastitty
Posts: 7,310
|
I was just kiddin' you anyway.
On both my '74 F1.5 and my 2F I did just that, mounted the alternator on the pass side and ran 2 belts, both drive the waterpump, figuring that I can drive a while without an alternator or powersteering, just not far with no waterpumpage.
Ed
__________________
My Anger-Management Class really pisses me off
'66FJ40, Fresh 2F, H42/Orion(By Poser... LCR4WD), ARB Front/rear(By Poser... LCR4WD), MetalTech Cage installed by Poser, Screw-ups fixed(by Poser) 4WDB Corvette Master, Mini Truck PS, 3.5" Lift, Warn 8274, 33s on stockers, WhiteKnuckle sliders
|
|
|
|
|
01-09-09, 07:47 AM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ramer Alabama
Posts: 148
|
Well that being said did you have to get new pulleys with double grooves when you swaped locations or was your truck already equiped.
__________________
1972 FJ40 SAGINAW, GM BOOSTER ,DISC FRONT STOCK F MOTOR. HCS 4 INCH BUT I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
DIXIELAND CRUISERS
|
|
|
|
|
01-09-09, 09:14 AM
|
#11 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 915
|
As long as it's spinning it under load - roll with what you have. Otherwise you could get a .5" longer belt and push it toward the frame more, as long as engine flex doesn't put it into the frame, or like others have said, move it to the other side.
__________________
1996 -80
1977 -40
1963 -45
|
|
|
|
|
01-09-09, 09:50 AM
|
#12 (permalink)
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PHX. AZ.
Posts: 95
|
Mine is exactly the same as yours. I've been running it that way for years without a problem.
__________________
'65 FJ40, 2F, H41 & 3spd TC, locker, york, tlca#6391
|
|
|
|
|
01-09-09, 10:39 AM
|
#13 (permalink)
|
|
250+ Club
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: GarlicLand, Kalifornia
Posts: 439
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by wbb72fj40
Well that being said did you have to get new pulleys with double grooves when you swaped locations or was your truck already equiped.
|
It already had the two-pulley set up when I bought the vehicle.
Phil
__________________
1973 FJ40, beeropener
1966 FJ45, (the 12HT has arrived.... )
1995 4Runner, AT with dual cases
President, Mountain Transit Authority, San Jose, CA
|
|
|
|
|
01-09-09, 10:33 PM
|
#14 (permalink)
|
|
Dog is my co-pilot.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle, USA
Posts: 2,716
|
Hi All:
Do you have an "F" engine or a 2F in this '71?
If you have a 2F, no problem; just move the alternator from the driver's side to the passenger's side. The wiring switch is not difficult.
If you do indeed have the the "F" still things become a bit more involved.
Regards,
Alan
--------------------------------------------------------
[QUOTE=wbb72fj40;4036062
well thats what I am thinking I will have to do if if throws the belt. Or if I have a tension problem. the problem I have run into is the po bought a 2f motor but left it as a single belt. i will have to buy double pullys to run the alt on pass topside.[/QUOTE]
__________________
www.seattlecruiserheads.com
"Cruiserdrew" wrote:
" The very worst thing you can to to a cruiser is half thought out mods that are underfunded and never quite get finished. Then you end up with hacked junk that doesn't work, and some future owner will curse you and all of your children."
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
wbb72fj40
Cruiser Wines have arrived!
