bypassing A/C

[cchase]

Its dead winter. and my A/C pump is squelling like crazy. I was wondering if there is away I could bypass that pully on the belt, tempolary.. sence its winter a new one costs 300 bucks, and I broke my compressor so it doesnt really matter anyways right now.. any suggestions on how to stop the squeelllllll...atlests its not the water pumpp

[99bigred]

if the truck was offered without ac, which i have no idea if it was, then it seems like you should be able to get a non-ac modle belt and slap it on there.
but i really have no idea
good luck

[mschn99]

does it squeel all the time..or just when the compressor engages??

the compressor will engage with the defrost on..thats why i ask...

[cchase]

wow Ive never checked that, and I think i have always had defrost on..

[mschn99]

Originally Posted by cchase

wow Ive never checked that, and I think i have always had defrost on..

just unplug the connector at the A/C compressor for now and it wont be able to cycle...

[cchase]

it always squeels. I am going to try to unplug it later. I went to the autoparts store and as far as they know there is no option to not have a/c and they dont offer a bypass pully..

[pipelayerjdh]

I found this today. It says it's for OBS, so they may make one for the SD.
eBay Motors: 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 Ford F450 A/C Bypass Pulley 7.3 (item 280192375144 end time Feb-13-08 10:17:21 PST)