hey all - '87 YJ w/PS and AC (non-working)... water pump been going bad for a few weeks and is now on its last legs - went to replace it today with the less than helpful Haynes manual as a general guide and ran into what seems to be a common problem - i was unable to loosen the serpentine belt. now i was attempting to loosen the alternator but after breaking every rusted old bolt loose on the damn thing it still wouldnt budge - looking at it only confused me further because altho there were clearly adjustment holes in the alternator bracket there doesnt appear to be any way to actually pivot the alternator! i just did a quick search on this in the list and found numerous references to similiar problems with the answer being that one must use an adjusting bolt on the back of the POWER STEERING PUMP bracket... but - since all of these posts were for much later model vehicles than mine i'd love a confirmation. i just cant bear to go out and look around under the hood right now. i was ready to set fire to the damn thing today after about 1.5 hours of hot sweaty dirty frustration...
so - belt is slackened and adjusted via the power steering pump bracket? gotta love that haynes manual: "slacken belt by loosening alternator bracket pivot bolts - see section XXXX." which turns out to be two extremely difficult to read photos and about a sentence.
maybe i'll just burn the book instead.
-bennett
P.S. The AC is still all connected - it even blows when you turn it on
- just not cold air. good thing i live in Minnesota. :/