Bracket for 383?

[Joseph James]

I want pull the A/C compressor out but it looks like it holds the alternator bracket up. Any suggestions?

 

[Newport 66]

You can find non-A/C brackets pretty easy, or just leave the short bracket off. But IMHO it doesn't function/look as good.

 

[bluefury361]

Leave it in place and get it working.

 

[69 300 vert]

There's two brackets there. Just remove the compressor and the bracket and make up the difference with a couple of washers. That looks like a '67? In '68 there was a big solid bracket for the A/C.

 

[Joseph James]

There's two brackets there. Just remove the compressor and the bracket and make up the difference with a couple of washers. That looks like a '67? In '68 there was a big solid bracket for the A/C.

It’s a 68 with dealer air. With some of the things I have found on this car, a wrong bracket wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[saylor]

joseph my friend, i have done exactly this.

you do make up the diff with a coupla washers when you remove the A/C bracket leg.

but your car seems to be a mix, IMO. that looks like the non-A/C water pump pulley. and it looks like your A/C pulley is bypassed presently?

if thats the case, id just shim your removed-bracket spaces with washers or a piece of iron stock or something and stick with what you have.

there should be a little idler pulley sorta in between the ALT and the main crank - i see it in your pic - whats it doing right now? is it engaged to any belt?

thats the water pump adjusto pulley on an A/C setup.

get me some better pics of the pulleys and i can advise.

try not to die -

- saylor

 

[saylor]

in my option i made a 3/16" thick steel bar stock 6" long x 1.5" wide and put a pulley on the end of it, and hung it off the power steering pump bolts, to go sorta where the A/C compressor was, and kept generally the stock A/C belt routing.

maybe one other clue i noticed - all the A/C 1968 stuff ive dealt with had double v belts on #3&#4 pulley <> ALT <> A/C

 

[Joseph James]

joseph my friend, i have done exactly this.

you do make up the diff with a coupla washers when you remove the A/C bracket leg.

but your car seems to be a mix, IMO. that looks like the non-A/C water pump pulley. and it looks like your A/C pulley is bypassed presently?

if thats the case, id just shim your removed-bracket spaces with washers or a piece of iron stock or something and stick with what you have.

there should be a little idler pulley sorta in between the ALT and the main crank - i see it in your pic - whats it doing right now? is it engaged to any belt?

thats the water pump adjusto pulley on an A/C setup.

get me some better pics of the pulleys and i can advise.

try not to die -

- saylor

When I got the car the A/C was bypassed. Just a belt around alternator and water pump. The car is a non A/C car with dealer A/C add.

There is an idler pulley but someone has bent it somewhere along the way.

I’ll get some pics tomorrow

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Pull it if you must the alt swing bracket will just move over, no difference. The pivot anchor/spacets is what sets the pulley alignment.
I'm with Will, get it working. Those old York compressors were bullet proof. Flush the system with alcohol or brake clean. New TXV and dryer , change the lube and put a couple of cans of 134 to it.
Enjoy