'65 L79 harmonic balancer and p/s pulleys.

[Tony S.]

I'm looking for the correct part numbers for the harmonic balancer pulley and the p/s add-on pulley for a '65 L79 car with N40 but no C60. There are plenty of discussions for '66 and '67 models, but not so much for '65 cars.

Help will be appreciated.
Tony

[Joe L.]

Re: '65 L79 harmonic balancer and p/s pulleys.

I'm looking for the correct part numbers for the harmonic balancer pulley and the p/s add-on pulley for a '65 L79 car with N40 but no C60. There are plenty of discussions for '66 and '67 models, but not so much for '65 cars.

Help will be appreciated.
Tony

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That's because 1965 is a very confusing year as far as pulley configurations were concerned, especially for cars with power steering and more especially for L-79 with power steering. In fact, there may have been 2 different configurations used. The best information would come from owners with known-original 1965 L-79's with power steering.

[Wayne M.]

Re: '65 L79 harmonic balancer and p/s pulleys.

I'm looking for the correct part numbers for the harmonic balancer pulley and the p/s add-on pulley for a '65 L79 car with N40 but no C60. There are plenty of discussions for '66 and '67 models, but not so much for '65 cars.

Help will be appreciated.
Tony

Tony -- I agree wholeheartedly with Joe; I took a stab at the '65 AIM as well as the '65 P&A30 July '65 rev. and it just doesn't make sense .

[Tony S.]

Re: '65 L79 harmonic balancer and p/s pulleys.

Riddle me this, Batman. Is the 3850838 harmonic balancer pulley correct for a '65 L79 car without either A/C or P/S?

Tony

[Wayne M.]

Re: '65 L79 harmonic balancer and p/s pulleys.

Riddle me this, Batman. Is the 3850838 harmonic balancer pulley correct for a '65 L79 car without either A/C or P/S?

Tony

IMHO, yes. The '838' pairs with the '245' large dia. 2-groove water pump pulley on L79, L76 and L84; the L76 with air takes the same crank pulley but the smaller w.p. pulley.
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CORRECTION TO ABOVE PARA: sorry, I meant the 3858533 crank pulley pairs with the 245.
The 838 shows up in my Oct '66 P&A30 as for '64-6 Corvette (exc, Sp. H/Per., F. I.), which MAY refer to '65 L79 which the catalog sometimes shows as Sp. H/Per w. Hyd. Lifters. I should never join these small block pulley discussions.
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The problem lies with the L79 -- seems like this engine option was added as an afterthought to the AIM. Can't see reference to the three-groove crank pulley on L79 w/N40 that is mentioned in the '65 TIM&JG.