70 duster: updating, and a no-dough pro-touring makeover
so i wound up remaking the compressor mounts entirely.
figured out that everything was fine with the old one, UNTIL you put tension on the belt or turned on the compressor. then it moved about 1/2 inch in any direction it wanted to.
i also triangulated it in the process. added a lower rear mount, and moved my turnbuckle adjuster to the front side, lower portion.
lined it all up in every plane i could think of, making sure that it was as square to everything else as possible.
Ive put 200+ on it since Friday night with no problems. so i think Ive got it nailed down.
i also discovered why the power steering belt went.
the ride home, when the compressor belt came loose, it went rearward on the crank pulley, only being retained by the power steering belt. over half of the belt was ground away before it snapped. over half of my AC belt was ground away as well. so i think that was my failure point. been keeping an eye on it anyway, though.
wound p costing me 17 in new belts, and another 12 for another ,r. gasket chrome alternator bracket, which i quickly took a hammer and sawzall to to make my triangulation mount.
i may still make it to RTTH, but I'm undecided right now. depends on what the insurance company does with my daughters medical bills from where we had to take her to the hospital.
worst case, theres always next year.
heres pics of the remade mount.
so i wound up remaking the compressor mounts entirely.
figured out that everything was fine with the old one, UNTIL you put tension on the belt or turned on the compressor. then it moved about 1/2 inch in any direction it wanted to.
i also triangulated it in the process. added a lower rear mount, and moved my turnbuckle adjuster to the front side, lower portion.
lined it all up in every plane i could think of, making sure that it was as square to everything else as possible.
Ive put 200+ on it since Friday night with no problems. so i think Ive got it nailed down.
i also discovered why the power steering belt went.
the ride home, when the compressor belt came loose, it went rearward on the crank pulley, only being retained by the power steering belt. over half of the belt was ground away before it snapped. over half of my AC belt was ground away as well. so i think that was my failure point. been keeping an eye on it anyway, though.
wound p costing me 17 in new belts, and another 12 for another ,r. gasket chrome alternator bracket, which i quickly took a hammer and sawzall to to make my triangulation mount.
i may still make it to RTTH, but I'm undecided right now. depends on what the insurance company does with my daughters medical bills from where we had to take her to the hospital.
worst case, theres always next year.
heres pics of the remade mount.
