Joseph James
Senior Member
I want pull the A/C compressor out but it looks like it holds the alternator bracket up. Any suggestions?
It’s a 68 with dealer air. With some of the things I have found on this car, a wrong bracket wouldn’t surprise me.There's two brackets there. Just remove the compressor and the bracket and make up the difference with a couple of washers. That looks like a '67? In '68 there was a big solid bracket for the A/C.
joseph my friend, i have done exactly this.
you do make up the diff with a coupla washers when you remove the A/C bracket leg.
but your car seems to be a mix, IMO. that looks like the non-A/C water pump pulley. and it looks like your A/C pulley is bypassed presently?
if thats the case, id just shim your removed-bracket spaces with washers or a piece of iron stock or something and stick with what you have.
there should be a little idler pulley sorta in between the ALT and the main crank - i see it in your pic - whats it doing right now? is it engaged to any belt?
thats the water pump adjusto pulley on an A/C setup.
get me some better pics of the pulleys and i can advise.
try not to die -
- saylor