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BAM614
08-16-2007, 12:43 AM
Alright, i replaced my serp belt because I deleted the PS/AC/Smog and needed a shorter one obviously.

I routed it just like the other foxbody in my garage, and the way i remembered it as being, but after I got it back together I noticed the sticker by the radiator and it says the belt should be going over the waterpump/fan the other way.

Aren't the waterpumps reverse drive?

This is how mines goes, I can get a pic if this doesn't make sense.

Alt > under tensioner > dummy pulley basically where AC was > back to WP/fan (from right down to left) > around crank (from left to right) > alt, and up over it.

Does that make sense? Basically as far as I understand it the belt is running clockwise and I've routed the belt so as to spin the WP/Fan counterclockwise, is that right?

The car runs fine for the few minutes I started it up in the garage, (did a lot of work so it was down for about a month) but I just wanted to make sure because that diagram threw me off.

thanks

BetterDays
08-16-2007, 06:20 AM
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2000/02/shortbelt/beltrouting.jpg

BAM614
08-16-2007, 04:10 PM
Awesome diagram, thanks!! Mine looks like the one in red/upper right corner, except its just a dummy pulley where the ac was and my belt is 64" long!!

How tight should things be?

resurection
08-16-2007, 06:53 PM
I did mine the easy way. Take the belt tensioner by the alt. off. Cut the tab on the back side of it off. Run the belt under the water pump, then OVER the tensioner. Use a Pry bar, lift up on the tensioner and tighten the bolt super tight.