[V8] Need AC Comprssor w/clutch ASAP!

[Tony and Lillie]

That's one of the things I love about the 4000Q (my dd). Seperate belts for 
everything. I know the serpentine setup is "progress", and certainly more 
efficient in terms of the space it takes, but I still prefer the v belts.

I actually dealt with a situation with the V8 in regards to the single belt. 
My car started leaking power steering fluid while going through Amarillo, TX 
on our way to Vegas. I went through a LOT of atf/oil to get there and back. 
However, I couldn't just let it stay empty, as the pump would have siezed 
and I would have lost everything :( So, I stoped once an hour and poured in 
one quart of atf and one quart of oil. I used the oil in the mix because it 
was a bit thicker and leaked a bit slower. Or, should I reword that to say 
it leaked not as fast. There was nothing slow about the rate at which it was 
leaking. We drove that car all over Vegas helping Zay with his V8 (former 
lister) and boy did it smoke!!

Yes, the climate control will work fine without the A/C  compressor on the 
car. Just as if the car didn't have A/C at all.

Tony


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Subject: [V8] Need AC Comprssor w/clutch ASAP!


  The old Saab's have 3 belts,2 run the alternator/water
> pump, third runs the power steering and is longer....and yes I did
> have one of the alternator belts break in the middle of nowhere CO,
> and only noticed it when I heard it go, but just went down the road
> with 1till I found a belt,(always carried a spare steering one in the
> trunk also

....Can the climate control work without the AC
> working?(always wondered that as I'd be tempted to disable it if mine
> went).