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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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soo my air cond. dont work, and i really dont want it. so i wanna pull the whole asembly off- plus it will help get a lot of non needed wires out of the engine bay. but when i pull it off the belt is gonna be too big. soo is there a smaller belt from a diff. vehicle that will fit? or am i just crazy
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CHIF8008
soo my air cond. dont work, and i really dont want it. so i wanna pull the whole asembly off- plus it will help get a lot of non needed wires out of the engine bay. but when i pull it off the belt is gonna be too big. soo is there a smaller belt from a diff. vehicle that will fit? or am i just crazy
I think there is dummy pulley they install in its please
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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but if i completly remove the pully-will i get i little more ***** power? or no
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Not much. And you probably need the pulley there to keep everything spinning the right way.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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why not turn it into onboard air
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Old May 3, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Just buy a belt for your year XJ with out Air. I've seen some with dummy pulleys and some with out..
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