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RLS7201
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Dec 31, 2017

1995 F53 460 alternator belt with out AIR ...........UPDATE

I just pulled off the road at the Sky Casino in NM. and heard a belt squeal. The AIR pump is froze up. I removed the AIR pulley and need to find a belt length or part # for a alternator/water pump bel...
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John_Joey
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Jan 01, 2018
mowermech wrote:
enblethen wrote:
Take a piece of light rope or twine and measure the length by wrapping it around the pullies.


Yep, that works!
I had to do that on a 460 in a 1995 Tioga (E350 chassis) when the A/C clutch pulley bearings seized. It worked.


That's an old school trick. The only thing you need to make sure is the adjustment pulley is not all the way out.

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