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  1. J

    cucv 24v alt questions

    so ive converted my 62 from vbelt to serp. successfully. now i need to wire the alternators. on the downside i no longer can mount the old 27si alts. now im in cs territory. please correct me if im wrong. to my understanding the only alt that requires the isolated ground is the passenger...
  2. J

    serpentine belt conversion for CUCV

    And yes. A fan. Forgot to mention that. I have not gotten that far on mine yet. Im assembled but still need to figure alt wiring. Not gonna bother with a fan until I get it running. Fan will go on last. I get to keep my hands today lol
  3. J

    serpentine belt conversion for CUCV

    Oh and if you have a turbo on ur n.a. 6.2 you need a high flow water pump due to higher temps. Making the serp setup much more reasonable to do. Be sure you use the high flow water pump series from the 1986-02 6.5s I think they are 140gallon over the 6.2s 80 90s. Early model 6.5 pumps were on...
  4. J

    serpentine belt conversion for CUCV

    I completely agree and disagree. As far as belt quality, the better the belt the better the lifespan. As for v belt vs serp I say serp is far superior. Less front end belt vibration. No matter how nice of a belt no matter how nice the pulley bearings no matter how perfect you tighten its...
  5. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    im actually a senior software developer (been coding since i was 6 years old, im 31 now). i could definitely help out with that... ill code for nothing. its fun to me. nah i likely wont sell on classifieds here. i sell on ebay or thru our own website. i use a personal marketing agent for 99% of...
  6. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    thanks. it seems alot of you guys are a hella lot nicer than some folks at another diesel forum im not mentioning. i own and run a hot-rod / restoration shop. sometimes i work with some strange setups that are not necessarily conventional and all I ever get is "no, you cant do that..." or...
  7. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    i couldnt figure out how to get to second page :twisted: too early for me. tired
  8. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    after searching all night you would be correct. i have a few different crossovers, not worried. i need a mount from 96-2000. do you guys know if an 01-? duramax pass mount would work?? im tempted to start welding... lol but its a perfectly good ac mount. a cucv with ac. that wouldnt be so bad...
  9. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    for some reason the website has been unresponsive for the past 5 hours or so.... but as I was going to say... its already done. the whole thing. the motor is back together. turbo, pistons, low end, front end, all of it. now im doing the front end accessories i was just curious about a part...
  10. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    its too late, everything is already done. id have to rip off the front end to go back. ive looked into tiny tachs, but i needed higher flow water pump anyway because of the turbo....
  11. J

    Serpentine belt conversion

    im not new to 6.2's and 6.5's. I need some help trying to figure this one out though. I have a 85 m1009. ive done a good bit but down to the knitty gritty... I am in the process of exchanging the vbelt to a serp setup. two of the larger reasons for this is because 1) the 6.5 damper pulley on...
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