trying v-belt on 5.0L

[pondscum]

I am working on my wife's '66 Bronco. I am using the 5.0 out of my Bronco ( sold mine for various and sundry reasons ) and she needs power steering. The first problem I am having is a power steering bracket which adjusts to take the slack out of the v-belt. Second, I made the lower pulley by cutting a 302 pulley and a 5.0 pulley and welding them together. I should have made a double groove pulley. Does anyone know of a crank pulley which will work on a 5.0 and v-belts? How about a p/s bracket I can use? The p/s box is a conversion with the bracket from W/H and a box from an old truck. Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[bigmuddy]

I will take a stab at the crank pulley and say that probably any of the older crown vics, mustangs etc that ran v-belt (early 80s models) may work for the crank pulley. I would never weld up a pulley and expect it or the belts to last very long because there is just no way to get them perfectly round at just a home shop.

If I was you, I would go to the salvage yard and get all the serpentine equipment off of a junker and call it done. That would get you all the correct pulleys, brackets, nuts and bolts and so on to get the bronco back on the road.

Ben

 

[pondscum]

v-bely on 5.0

I'll try the early 80's stuff. I am not funning fuel injection and would like to keep the mechanical pump which is in the way of the drivers side water outlet and p/s box combo. Do you know of a serpentine water pump which has the lower outlet
on the passenger side like the EBs? I probably should have said I used a lathe to cut the pulleys and a MIG to put them together and since the original was not balanced I felt my balanced one to be " as good as" stock. Good equipment to work with I have, money is another thing.

 

[DonsBolt]

Yo can call total performance (586)468-3710 and get a 50 oz Harmonic balancer that will allow you to use a stock bronco lower pulley, and all of the stock brackets.

I run this Harmonic balancer allong with Toms Broncos saginaw kit, stock 302 waterpump, mechanical fuel pump, stock 302 timing chain cover, and v belts

 

[pondscum]

trying v-belt on 5.0

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a call next week. I am trying to get away from fabricated parts which can not be easily replaced.

 

[bigmuddy]

Whoops my bad, lack of information to work with. good point on the mechanical fuel pump, gave up on those a long time ago. Sounds like Don may have what you are looking for.

Ben

 

[Johnnyb]

Toms parts

Just installed Tom's complete P/S kit w/mechanical pump etc., albeit not on a 5.0. Everything is good quality and fits perfectly.

-J