Okay all you sho mechanics....look here (ac question)

[Jeremy Hohn]

Guys, shortly after I got my new a/c put in with the new compressor, I noticed that the pulley for the clutch didn't exactly match up with the rest of the pulleys. When SDPATT and myself did the 60k we just used a 5 rib belt and put it on different grooves of the a/c pulley than the rest of the pulleys. Worked okay so far, but here's my question.

I was surfing shotimes, and they have a posting about changing the gapping on the a/c clutch. According to the post, there are shims behind the clutch pulley that gap it in or out to match up with the rest of the pulleys. If I remeber correctly, (my car is at Scotts right now) my a/c compressor clutch pulley sits "in" too far into the engine and would need to be gapped out, needing an additional shim. Where do you get these shims? Do you have to buy them from ford? Or can you jerry-rig something else into there to gap it out more? Has anyone else had this problem? I really would like to put the 6 ribbed belt that Vladim sent me for the UDP's on to prevent any slippage.

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Jeremy

1993 atx 122k miles
-PIAA headlamp bulbs (thanks Fratperformance)
-fish tanks installed
-fog lamp mod w/ blazer fog lamps
-6" 5% tint border on windshield
-black body filled lettering
-wclewis "powered by yamaha" badges
-Sho Shop Cold Air Induction Kit
-Lund blackouts front and back
-cincysho colgan half bra with "SHO" lettering
-KVR chrome cadmium plated rotors with carbon fiber pads
-Sho Shop cat back system with magnaflow chrome tips
-Performance Plus y-pipe
-TX personalized plates "SHO FUN"
-Shoshop underdrive pulleys
-Shoshop 80mm MAF
-60k completed by Sdpatt
-Redline atx tranny fluid and water wetter
-Ted Breaux LPM
-D4U1 computer upgrade
-Rebuilt 94/95 AXOD tranny with TRANS-GO shift kit

 

[Maddog]

You have to be carefull with the amount of spacing. If you have too much space the clutch will not engage because of the increased air gap. In any case it sounds like the compressor itself where it mounts is out of alignment.

 

[sdpatt]

Jeremy,

I have responded to your emails regarding this issue. This is a different gap altogether.

Scott

 

[Jeremy Hohn]

Yes, my hopes have indeed been dashed!! Thanks anyways guys!!