Anyone not use their a/c??

[91ProtegeLX]

I never use mine, and figured that I may as well try and just run a belt from the p/s to the crank. Anyone know the part # for that belt? I went to the parts store and got a belt from a DOHC 1.8 without a/c and it was a like 6" to short. They didnt have anything much closer to that. So does anyone know the part # if there is one??

[MazdaRacer]

Autozone or Pep boys or one of those places sells them in 1" increaments.

[Boston]

Turn it into an straight away air compressor. Run air tools and such. At least that's what we do with Jeeps

[ProtoRice]

LMAO I plan on removing my A/C too because it don't work anyway.

[Tweeaks]

yeah i'm just running w/o PS and A/c cus my A/C never worked and when I did the motor swap I stripped a nut on the power steering where the fluid goes in so it all leaked out and ****ed up the P/S unit...I just cut the belt to both of 'em

[jitb37]

me too no power steering either.....but at Advanced Auto they have te No A/C With power steering belt....but i just havent gotten it yet..is that the one u got?

[ProtoRice]

I want to get my PS fixed (ok, my fiance wants me to fix it lol). My PS pump took a crap on me and locked up and melted the belt.

[XxToKeSxX]

my AC and Power Steering work... tee hee

[bruce95fmla]

my A/c in the 323 works.
I don't have power steering though -- no biggie

[91ProtegeLX]

Would running without the p/s belt do any damage a car equipped with p/s?? I would think so dosen't the p/s fluid lubricate something?

[charles]

It'll be kinda hard to turn. The steering rack between a power steering car and a non-power car are different.

[photoeye0]

so if someone wanted to remove the a/c and p/s pump would it be possible.

[jitb37]

My Lx came with A/C and P/S and my vbelt was removed and....im ok..so i would suppose removing the pumps would be fine, i was thinkin of removing my A/c pump but am too lazy, but im not gonna remove the p/s pumnp....well not any time soon that is.

[Boston]

A p/s car with the belt removed is harder to turn than a manual steering vehicle. Since the fluid will still be in the system, everything should be ok. If you drained the system of the fluid, then you'd have lubrication issues.

[photoeye0]

to remove the p/s would i just put a piece of tubing where the pump should be