Pulleys

**bruno** · 08-09-2013, 04:46 PM

What years did the straight 8 have narrow crank and water pump pulleys? Also did they ever have a wide double pulley on the crank or water pump?

**raycow** · 08-09-2013, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by bruno

What years did the straight 8 have narrow crank and water pump pulleys? Also did they ever have a wide double pulley on the crank or water pump?

Narrow belts started with 1951. The first year for power steering was
1952, so I wouldn't expect any wide belt engines to have double groove
pulleys.

Ray

**bruno** · 08-10-2013, 08:45 AM

I found a picture of a flxable (spelling) bus straight 8 that had a wide belt 2 groove water pump pulley and a 3 groove crank pulley. the crank pulley had 1 pulley in the front and two behind it. Does any body know anything about these or who may have any of these parts. Has to be some hoarder out there somewhere.

**raycow** · 08-10-2013, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by bruno

I found a picture of a flxable (spelling) bus straight 8 that had a wide belt 2 groove water pump pulley and a 3 groove crank pulley. the crank pulley had 1 pulley in the front and two behind it. Does any body know anything about these or who may have any of these parts. Has to be some hoarder out there somewhere.

There are outfits selling bus parts that list the complete engines from time to time. These are all 320 engines and usually at reasonable prices. You can find them on Google. I haven't seen any of them offering loose engine parts though. Btw, the name of the bus was Flxible. That's not a typo. The first "e" was left out on purpose so the name could be registered as a trademark.
Ray