Q: Ac pulley faulty

asked by on November 22, 2016

Hi my ac pulley not working is there a short belt or bypass pulley as I dont use the ac anyway and carnt find anything online or do I have to get another compressor

My car has 80000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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