Has anybody out there in boating land converted their BB's to surpentine belts from the standard V belt configuration? Heard the pulleys are rather expensive . There must also be some mods so everything lines up I guess??

Boy, sure got a lot of action with this one

I believe that if the water pump is driven off the back (smooth) side of the belt that it will be a reverse rotation pump. Can't help you much more than that though...

Cord, That's right I never thought of that.But don't new Merc's have surpentine belts. Or are the pumps bi-directional. I just bought 2 new pumps for my new engines.chit

I asked this same question a few months ago. It was indicated to me that the cost was not worth it. Other then that, I didn't get much response either.

Buck
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I'm thinking that you would need all new brackets, and some new accessories. Proably not worth the cost. You'd be best off buying the entire dress off a motor than trying to piece it together.

Actually , I was hoping it could be done simply with the offset of the pulleys. Trouble is the pulleys Merc sell are WAY expensive.