Need pic of 440 water pump belt tensioner

[Paul G]

I would like to see how the water pump belt tensioner is supposed to be. The set up on my 73 is not factory and keeps loosening up on me. Can anyone post a pic of how it is supposed to be?

[The70RT]

You have a tensioner? Isn't your alternator and or powersteering the adjustment point?

[68chargerboy]

i agree the alternator should be the tensioner

[Rocky]

These are from my '77 truck, hope they help.

[squeakfinder]

The 440 I have is out of a 75 pickup with A/C. It also has a tensioner, but the tensioner looks different from those pictures of the 77. I'm sorry, but I have the motor torn apart wright now.

[Paul G]

My 73 has a tensioner. It looks a little different than the one in your pic Rocky. Mine has a home made spacer behind it to get the tensioner pulley in line with the water pump pulley. The spacer is actually a pipe fitting. I made up a slotted bracket to hold the tensioner in place. But it still wiggles loose. The holes I am using in the tensioner are square not round which is why it moves around a little. I am going to have to try and find the correct tensioner with hardware for a 73.

Thanks for pics Rocky. If anyone has a pic of a 73 I would like to see it.