ps pump position set bolt(the belt saga continues)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:07 PM -0700 2/19/02, auditude at neta.com wrote:
>Does anyone see any reason it would be bad to just use whatever
>belt size fits best on a particular engine, even if it's not the one
>spec'ed for the car, thereby making it the new "right" size that that
>particular car?

It sure would make installation/removal easier.  I seriously doubt
any harm would be done by going to a belt a teeny bit longer, long as
you stay well within the adjustment range of each accessory(belts
will stretch a small amount.)

>Or, is it a better idea to try and figure out and correct whatever is
>off-spec with the motor that would cause that wrong belt size to fit
>better than the right one?

Nothing has changed on the car save the alt, and that pulley is
smaller(so new belt should be easier, not harder.)


>So, at this point you don't have the new belt yet?  I'm sorry, I
>missed the earlier parts of the thread.

No problem.  I have all the new belts, but still working on getting
the old ones off; the alternator was so fussy coming off that I'm way
behind schedule.

   At the moment, the A/C compressor belt is really tight and I'm
having a tought time muscling it off, despite the compressor being as
close to the engine as possible.  Avi recommends turning the engine
by hand to get belts on/off...that looks like a swell idea.  I
imagine I just need the right size socket and a sufficiently long
handle to get enough torque to spin it easily.  I'm hoping to have
everything put back together by lunchtime if I start reasonably early
tomorrow.

BTW folks, does my idea of using the scotch pad stuff(artificial
steel wool, 000 grade) to clean the pulleys of accumulated
crap(there's a fair bit) seem like Good Idea or Bad Idea?

Brett
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