accessory belt rerouting

Starship said:

Welcome to the forum. The way the serpentine belt is set up, you can't really eliminate the A/C compressor. They do have something called a A/C compressor bypass pulley that you can install in place of the compressor. Look for Dorman part 34217.

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thanks for the reply, so I would have to remove the compressor, then install the bypass pulley??

Is it possible to replace only the AC clutch pulley and not the whole compressor and dryer? The compressor holds a charge and the AC works fine (blows cold air), there is just a jingling noise that we localized to the compressor pulley...

well I'll have some experienced help, so we'll see what he wants to do. thanks for the reply and I'll post once we finish the job.

On a side note, looks like I bent some set-in plate when I put the steering column cover back on (messing with the headlight switch) now it clicks and impinges when I turn the steering wheel... basically I think I should keep my paws off of the car

I checked out that thread and that is EXACTLY the problem. I too bent the prong on the MFS (my buddy who is a certified mechanic looked at it last night and we "fixed" it.) and that is what was bending the brass ring. Our guess was that was a horn ground of some sort because we took it out (the brass ring and the bent prong) which fixed the steering problem but now the horn does not work. By the way the turn signal cam works just fine, for right now anyway.

From the other thread it looks like that other guy fixed it for $29?? We were just gonna let it be and install a horn button. Thanks again for the help.