V8 A/C Bracket

[ThisGuyUKnow]

I spent a few hours today trying to install a bulltear serpentine setup. That process is hard enough because they do not include written instructions and the only instructions available online are for the with out ac setup.

I was having a heck of a time getting the alternator bracket installed. After carfully studying bull tears pics I am sure that I have the bracket mounts in the right spot but I think that my problem is the AC bracket I pictured above. I have never had a 360 with the sanden set up and I thought the bracket looked weird but since I had never seen that setup in person I thought maybe it was right.

As it is right now I can finagle the alternator bracket in place but since this current AC bracket is sharing a mount with the upper alternator bolt I can't install the alternator.

So is this the correct bracket and installed incorrectly, if not what does the stock ac bracket look like so i can try to find one.

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

Some More shots of the offending bracket.

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

so I confirmed today that the PO somehow reused a 6 cylinder mount bracket on the 360. That really sucks because I have a feeling it is going to be hard to source the correct bracket.

 

[Petescj]

See what you can find from the full size guys. You have a better chance that a Wagoneer is going to have the right a/c brackets for an 8 cylinder.

International Full Size Jeep Association

Keep me in mind for the 6 cylinder pieces.

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

See what you can find from the full size guys. You have a better chance that a Wagoneer is going to have the right a/c brackets for an 8 cylinder.

International Full Size Jeep Association

Keep me in mind for the 6 cylinder pieces.

If you want this bastardized ac bracket she is all yours. Anything you want out of the old AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l wiring harness that i stripped out? probably the only potentials worth saving from it really are the ign control module or that emissions ecu behind the glove box

 

[Hedgehog]

All those washers, oh my. The term bastardized is an understatement. You should be able to find the AC bracket from a Wagoneer with little problem. Didn't all Wagoneers have AC? I could ask the guys at Willy's Works if they have a bracket?

By-the-way, my alternator bracket goes in the bolt hole ABOVE the hole you used. Believe me I tried to use that hole, but finally figured out that I had the wrong one. Even with the right brackets it is interesting figuring out how and where the right length and size bolts go in the AC/Alternator/Fan arrangement. It looks like you've added another level of frustration. Maybe not though, it looks like your set-up has Alternator brackets milled in the system. If that is the case your golden....