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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 03:30 PM
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So I've searched everywhere and I can't for the life of me find the Belt Routing for a 1983 Dodge B250. The van I have is a conversion van, converted to a camper, and has a 318 in it. I'm having some charging issues, and wanted to get my belts sorted out before I went onto other possible problems, as I seem to be missing a belt.

The pulleys on my engine are:

Crankshaft (triple pulley)
Water/Fan (triple pulley)
PS Pump
Idler
A/C Compressor (double pulley)
Alternator (double pulley)

I went to NAPA to buy belts, and for my application, they said I need two identical belts that go around my crank/fan/A/C/alternator, and one belt for my crank/fan/PS Pump.

The Crank/Fan/PS Pump belt seems to be the right size, but the other one for the A/C and Alternator seems to be quite off.

Currently my belts are setup as follows:

1 Belt around Crank/Fan/PS Pump
1 Belt around Crank/Fan/A/C/Idler
1 Belt around A/C Alternator

which leaves a set of pulleys left open on the alternator/crank/fan. I can't find any diagrams, I even went to the local Dodge Dealer and they were no help. Can anyone provide any help? Thanks,
 
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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 04:17 PM
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does this look familiar to your set up https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...06837730918435
 
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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TejasMtnBiker
does this look familiar to your set up https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...06837730918435
THe bottom right one in this picture looks the closest (I found that thread in my google searches). The difference is I don't have an air pump, and I also have an idler pulley to the PS of the fan. My crank and fan pulleys are a triple pulley as well. The components we do have in common look the same though.



If you go to the below thread there are pictures halfway down. That is how my belts look, except for no air pump and I have a double pulley on the Alt, and an open set of pulleys on the crank/fan.

http://www.ramforumz.com/showthread.php?t=87190
 
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