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Serpentine belt and tensioner
« on: December 29, 2009, 10:19:14 »
Hiya all hope you all had a good christmas..

Although mine is a disco thought I might get a better response in the range rover section

A Question....
I have removed all the air conditioning from my truck. (97 3.9 serpentine V8 Disco 1) but at the moment still have the A/C compressor fitted but would like to remove it. Obviously Im going to need a shorter serpentine belt but what tensioner should I fit? Do I need one that pushes out rather than in or can I keep my current one? Any one give me some pointers so I know what to ask for when I ring Paddocks or Rimmers  ????


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Re: Serpentine belt and tensioner
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 10:43:01 »
Cheers for that,  I  thought there might have been a model of 3.9 without aircon, (all mine have had aircon though :?)

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Re: Serpentine belt and tensioner
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 14:49:34 »
Was it just a case of re drilling the tensioner ? or did you re tap the block/head?

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Re: Serpentine belt and tensioner
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 20:20:06 »
i removed the aircon on mine a 97 pre thor v8 and just had to fit a shorter belt, but then when i swapped the alternator for a 150 amp off a newer v8 i had to swap the whole alternator mount and ended up with a 2005mm long belt.
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Re: Serpentine belt and tensioner
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2009, 19:25:08 »
IIRC the tensioner works the other way round, perhaps the 300TDi tensioner? but you also need a roller that has a multi-vee surface because the tensioner pushes out.  I had one from a Disco that I bought for the block, but like many things it was lost in the fire so I can't go and look at it, I had trouble finding details in the manuals though.
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