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1974 Charger 360 Accessory Belts

Started by tfdub, December 19, 2014, 11:48:23 PM

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tfdub

I had to replace the water pump on the 360 in my 74 Charger Rallye. It had non factory A/C in it which I've removed. I'm putting it back to stock with no A/C. It has power steering. My question is how are the belts routed? I assume one belt goes from the crankshaft to the power steering pump and the other belt goes from the crank to the water pump and alternator. With the A/C , I had a two groove pulley on the water pump. The water pump I'm installing has six vanes (like the one I removed) and is driven by a 5-3/4 inch diameter pulley. Typically a non A/C car has a water pump with 8 vanes. Do you see any problems with going back with the same diameter water pump pulley and a six vane pump. I only hope I can get all the grooves on the pulleys to align. I should add that my 71 Challenger 340 has an 8 vane water pump and a different diameter water pump pulley. All the 360's I've seen in pictures have the A/C compressor and so have a different belt routing. Thanks for any information.
Terry

EccentricMagpies

I'm not sure if it's helpful or not.  But my car is a 'L'  code as well with AC.  These are the only photos I have of under the hood prior to it being pulled.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,112628.msg1396358.html#msg1396358

Since AC is the topic....  Does it ad value to a car?  Personally I consider it extra "stuff" under the hood that is needed.  But maybe living in Wisconsin has made that less important

:shruggy:
'74 Rallye 4spd (WH23L4) (1 of 94)
'74 Rallye Auto (WH23L4) (quad black)
'69 Swinger 340 - 4spd
'70 Duster 340 - 4spd

tfdub

My Rallye didn't come with A/C originally so that's why I'm removing it. I have another 74 Charger that has a transplanted 360 ( originally a 318 car) and that car came with A/C. As soon as I have this Rallye done, I'm going to build 74 with the transplanted 360 into a daily driver and will keep the A/C in it. I hope someone has a 318 or 360 Charger without A/C and I can see the belts and pulleys for comparison. I think A/C adds value to a car if your in a hot climate like Arizona and it will be used as a driver and if the car didn't come with it originally. A plus would be aftermarket air that maintains the original look of the car as much as possible. The air that was in my Rallye was probably dealer installed but they cut up the dash to get it in and I could never get it to work right. I used it as my daily driver for 7 years through the hot summers. It was too fun to drive to leave it sit at home in hot weather - just roll down the windows.
Terry