Hi all,

We are having trouble installing belt on our series I, 1964
etype.

This car has a belt tensioner (Jockey) pulley. It was seized on its
shaft so we hit it with some PB blaster and loosened it up
nice. Now we removed the top bolt on the generator, and
loosened two bottom bolts, so it could move tight against
the engine to give us extra room.

We pulled old belt off (seems like it was the original
C19524 belt), and have a new belt with same number to install.

However, we can't seem to get the new belt on. Is there a
trick here??? Is there a special tool that is needed? The
manual of course says that you should not need a tool and it
should just slip easily on.

Thanks.

 

Hello and welcome.

I just went through that with my '64. I just replaced my water pump and thought for sure the belt was too small. I have an alternator conversion that runs on a second pulley. To get both pulleys on I needed to get it lined up and partially started on the crank pulley. I then had my wife bump over the engine to pop it on. Piece of cake.

I pulled the coil wire first so that the engine wouldn't start.

Hope this helps you!

Charlie