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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Alice Blue Antique White Aqua Aquamarine Azure Bisque Blanched Almond Blue Violet Burlywood Cadet Blue Chartreuse Chocolate Coral Cornflower Blue Cornsilk Cyan Dark Blue Dark Cyan Dark Goldenrod Dark Gray Dark Green Dark Khaki Dark Magenta Dark Olive Green Dark Orange Dark Orchid Dark Red Dark Salmon Dark Sea Green Dark Slateblue Dark Slategray Dark Turquoise Dark Violet Deep Pink Deep Sky Blue Dimgray Dodger Blue Firebrick Floral White Forest Green Gainsboro Ghost White Gold Goldenrod Gray Green Yellow Honeydew Hot Pink Indian Red Ivory Khaki Lavender Lavender Blush Lawn Green Lemon Chiffon Light Blue Light Coral Light Cyan Light Goldenrod Light Goldenrod Yellow Light Gray Light Green Light Pink Light Salmon Light Sea Green Light Sky Blue Light Slateblue Light Slategray Light Steelblue Light Yellow Linen Magenta Medium Aquamarine Medium Blue Medium Orchid Medium Purple Medium Sea Green Medium Slateblue Medium Spring Green Medium Turquoise Medium Violet Red Midnightblue Mintcream Mistyrose Moccasin Navajo White Navyblue Old Lace Olive Drab Orange Red Orchid Pale Goldenrod Pale Green Pale Turquoise Pale Violetred Papayawhip Peach Puff Peru Plu Powder Blue Rosy Brown Royal Blue Saddle Brown Salmon Sandy Brown Sea Green Sea Shell Sienna Sky Blue Slateblue Slategray Snow Spring Green Steelblue Tan Thistle Tomato Turquoise Violet Violet Red Wheat White Whitesmoke Yellow Green Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by new2vn[/i] [br]Hi guys, Has anyone successfully bypassed their A/C compressor with a different belt? Like this one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Alternator-Fan-Belt-No-A-C-Holden-Commodore-VN-VP-VR-/380317868296 There is a belt for sale to bypass the A/C on a VN. I had a quick look at the serpentine belt with A/C. Wouldn't some engine part end up spinning backwards if you just used a shorter belt? Or do you reckon this belt is just a normal length serpentine belt that goes around an idler pulley that sits where the A/C compressor would usually have been? I note that some fleet models came without power steering, but the serpentine belt would be the same, because Holden used an idler pulley in place of the power steering pump. Just wondering if the same type of idler pulley setup is required if I ditch my A/C. My A/C compressor is stuffed, don't have the cash for a rebuild so ZI would like to bypass the thing. I wish it had a separate belt like most other old cars did. I have seen a replacement compressor, but it is $500. I note that compressors are being pumped out of china, who nows if these are original or not. What are my A/C compressor options? anyone rebuilt a compressor from scratch? do wreckers have "exchange" or "recon" units that are any good? Has anyone heard of Holden having any lying around a dealership? Any ideas anyone? Cheers, Ben. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.