Bypass A/C with belt or pully?

[malibuss]

My 1989 LaSabre A/C pump is making a terrible racket. Does anyone know a source of supply for a pully to replace the pump to keep original belt size or a belt# so I can just not hook serpintine belt to pump.

Craig
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[comp]

are you still checking in??? you ain't alone, and i ain't got the
$$$ to spend 450-500 just on the compressor right now, have you got
anything????

[malibuss]

Originally Posted by comp

are you still checking in??? you ain't alone, and i ain't got the
$$$ to spend 450-500 just on the compressor right now, have you got
anything????

I was not the A/c Pump. iy was the Harmonic Balancer.. I went to Auto-zones website. They provide a part # for a 3.8 Lasabre w/o AC

Craig

[malibuss]

Originally Posted by malibuss

I was not the A/c Pump. iy was the Harmonic Balancer.. I went to Auto-zones website. They provide a part # for a 3.8 Lasabre w/o AC

Craig

The harmonic balancer is so close to the A/ it tricks you. Auto-zone has the bypass belt
Craig

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[comp]

THANKS my question now is ,did your compressor engage and cycle ok
but just made noise that sounded like a valve train coming apart????

[malibuss]

Originally Posted by comp

THANKS my question now is ,did your compressor engage and cycle ok
but just made noise that sounded like a valve train coming apart????

The compressor engaged and cycled fine. It was not the AC Compressor after all. (I did go to the AUTO Zone website and find a belt # for a '89 w/o A/c. I bypassed the pump thinking that was the source. it still made the noise (only at idle) He said the 3.8 was known for harmonic balancer problems. Sure enough I could turn the balancer by hand. I bough a new one $80.00 and all problems were fixed that day.

Problem two days later I hit a snowbank and messed up the front clip. . .more to follow.