The Truly Remarkable Year of 1986 - Oddities Galore

[SoCalManche]

Hey there guys,

 

Long time, no chat! The MJ was stuck up in the high desert for quite a few months with a bad alternator, and with the issue of having a serpentine belt system in an '86 2.5L, finding an easy replacement is rather difficult seeing as everyone in the world is under the assumption that it was only a V-belt system. Regardless, I was curious about the 2.8L; does anyone happen to know if they also did the same thing with using both V-belt and serpentine belt systems? 

[Pete M]

 

My 86 v6 had v belts. I wanna say they all did on the jeeps. Can't speak for the Chevy cars/trucks that got the 2.8

[gogmorgo]

Scrolling through the belt selection on Rockauto for an ‘86 2.5L, they show v-belts for non-a/c and serp belts for with a/c, although to add to the confusion they also have v-belts for dealer-installed a/c. They only list v-belts for the 2.8.

 

You may need to move your old alternator pulley onto a new alternator.