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Replacement of a pully

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1994 Buick Century,3100 SFI V6,It looks like a pulley broke in the lowerleft center of the engine,and the Serpintine belt is loose.I can’t see it well enough to identify it.Is it replaceable by a backyard mechanic???

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Larry

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October 21 9:51 AM (7 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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EVERYTHING is replacable by a backyard mechanic. Let me go look at my Park Ave. Do you mean left as drivers-side or passenger-side?

Rick
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October 21 9:54 AM (3 minutes and 2 seconds later)
         
Response to RICKANDBOYS's Post: Passenger side
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October 21 10:17 AM (23 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         
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Dummy me, i was thinking of a rear-wheel drive car. All the pulleys are on the passenger-side, "my mistake". Anyway, The only one on the bottom of a Park-Ave is the AC-compresser. This would make sence because it is kinda common for the AC-compresser to have the pulley break. It (the pulley) goes through some stress when the AC is turned on. Fixing it is a challange. I would get a compresser from a local salvage yard, replace it myself and re-charge it myself. However, i think there are some laws that will be broken by doing this in a back yard. I'm not too sure on this because your charging stuff (R-12, RU-956?), whatever it is, should be friendly to the ozone unless it is freon and no shop has changed it over. There might even be a law against changing the friendly stuff? A-lot of "if's" there. It has to be changed, lines have to be removed releasing "the gas". It is a good idea to replace the belt since you have it off. Sorry i dont have more details.

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October 21 10:57 AM (39 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
Thank's Rick. The job is too much for me,gotta find a mechanic.lol
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October 21 11:14 AM (17 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
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Further describe the pulley. It may not be the ac compressor.
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October 21 11:22 AM (8 minutes later)
         
Response to jon_050's Post: Now that the sun is up in Arizona I can see it a little better. The pulley is behind the AC compressor and is plastic,it looks to be a guide pulley that runs the belt back up to the alternator.
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October 21 11:28 AM (13 seconds later)
         
That would be an idler pully. You should be able to buy it aftermarket at the parts house. Should be a 14mm or 15mm bolt holding it in place. Easy fix.
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October 21 11:31 AM (1 minute and 5 seconds later)
         
[size=14]Whew!

Thx Gentlemen
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October 21 11:49 AM (18 minutes and 38 seconds later)
         
Just seeing if you are paying attention.
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