2002 Ford Windstar belt routing w/o air compressor

2002 FORD WINDSTAR
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KBH336
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Air Conditioning problem
2002 Ford Windstar 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic

can the air compressor be bypassed when routing the belt on a 3.8 liter. And if so, what's the belt length?
Feb 25, 2010 at 1:10 PM
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there is no bypass belt, you would have to replace the a/c compressor with a "fake" ( bypass) pulley so the regular drive belt can be routed the same way.
Feb 25, 2010 at 9:49 PM
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