84 belt setup...
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84 belt setup...
Is it serpentine or v?
I ordered my new alternator at O'Reilly s and it was a v-belt pulley. Sure enough, auto zone, advance, Napa, Jegs, and summit all list the 84 as having a v belt.
Its not. 6 rib serpentine all the way...
Wonder what is up with that?
Was there a mid year transition? Or have I been converted?
I ordered my new alternator at O'Reilly s and it was a v-belt pulley. Sure enough, auto zone, advance, Napa, Jegs, and summit all list the 84 as having a v belt.
Its not. 6 rib serpentine all the way...
Wonder what is up with that?
Was there a mid year transition? Or have I been converted?
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Never heard of an 84 with a v-belt pulley.. When I checked the O'reiley site I got pulley change may be required..
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...1468&ppt=C0330http://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/...1-0217_sid.jpg
This it what it shows..
Last edited by ccrazor; Oct 11, 2013 at 02:27 AM.
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What gives?
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Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Galveston... well, Santa Fe Texas
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St. Donor '03 & '06
Is it serpentine or v?
I ordered my new alternator at O'Reilly s and it was a v-belt pulley. Sure enough, auto zone, advance, Napa, Jegs, and summit all list the 84 as having a v belt.
Its not. 6 rib serpentine all the way...
Wonder what is up with that?
Was there a mid year transition? Or have I been converted?
The relation to the 85 was simply that O'reillys had the alternators for that year as a serp and it worked for me.
my questions were regarding the originaly configuration of the car.
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questions:
Is it serpentine or v?
I ordered my new alternator at O'Reilly s and it was a v-belt pulley. Sure enough, auto zone, advance, Napa, Jegs, and summit all list the 84 as having a v belt.
Its not. 6 rib serpentine all the way...
Wonder what is up with that?
Was there a mid year transition? Or have I been converted?
The relation to the 85 was simply that O'reillys had the alternators for that year as a serp and it worked for me.
my questions were regarding the originaly configuration of the car.
Is it serpentine or v?
I ordered my new alternator at O'Reilly s and it was a v-belt pulley. Sure enough, auto zone, advance, Napa, Jegs, and summit all list the 84 as having a v belt.
Its not. 6 rib serpentine all the way...
Wonder what is up with that?
Was there a mid year transition? Or have I been converted?
The relation to the 85 was simply that O'reillys had the alternators for that year as a serp and it worked for me.
my questions were regarding the originaly configuration of the car.
An '84 "as built" I believe were all 97A units and the service alternator from GM for that after '85 was a 108A - I believe I've seen mentioned that there were actually 108A on the later '84 BUT since the 97A shared many applications for other GM the alternator was supplied with the most popular pulley configuration with notes a pulley from the old maybe required. That was a very common "rebuilders" approach to things.
The '85 you purchased is likely a 120A unit I would think unless the rebuilder has mixed the 120A with a higher output to eliminate inventory issues. The 120A build with a V-drive was very rare in GM so the more popular multi-groove pulley was installed as the default.
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