ME? :jester

 

no but he did come from TN :lol:

Steve :steering:

 

It appears the *mods* are putting a semi-lockdown on stuff tonight in C-3. This one's bound to be next if everyone can't play in the sandbox without tossing sand.... and a few steam shovels.

Dep....

I think the *points* thing objective is to keep the 100% and still have a little fun along with the technical know-how here. Should a few points be lost in the spirit of it, so be it. The last thing any newbie needs to do is have me hanging around on a Friday afternoon to give him some directions to Hell. I know the place well, so why not be helpful on their journey. :thumbs:

 

With no A/C or power steering, I only have an alternator and water pump to run. I have 2 belts that make the rounds and do both.

At beech bend raceway at the cruise-in this year i lost one of them. Oddly enough, I lost one of them last year there, too. On the way back to the hotel I noticed my water temp gage going VERY HIGH :eek: Seems as though a piece of the first belt was still in there and decided to take the second belt with it. Fortunately I had tools and the second belt was just de-pulley'd and not broken. Picked up a couple spares for the drive home, just in case.

 

Travis,
How does the waterpump adjust,,,,,does the pulley slide on the shaft or does the whole pulley and shaft slide in and out? :confused:

 

ddecart So are you running two belts to the alternator? I think in the early cars without ac they ran a belt from the water pump to the crank pulley...That's where I got the idea anyways. The nice thing was that I was able to lose my alt and PS, but drive home just fine without heat problems. I think it is a good mod for people with AC pulleys but no AC. I will admit that the belt from crank to water pump is a MAJOR PITA to get on!
Just to clarify for someone who may not quite be sure about my belt arrangement I have a 3 rip crank pulley, and a 2 rip water pump pulley. The outermost belt goes to the power steering, the 2nd one in on the crank goes only to the waterpump, and the last belt goes over the waterpump and to the alternator. I think when I go in to get new belts i'll buy spares as well, that jack box will finally hold something USEFUL! :lol:

Dumb question, but manual steering can't be as hard to turn as this thing was, can it? It was a real bear. :yesnod:

Titanium Rat You know, I was wondering the same thing before, AND after I bought it. No one at summit could tell me exactly how it "adjusted". Weiand lists a pump just for corvettes, but as "adjustable." When I got it the bolt holes were elongated so the pump could be moved up and down to set tension on the belt. There are threads above and below the bolts that you use small bolts to set the height with. Sorry if i'm not explaining it clearly, I think I may have a picture...ok, just found the photo:



Hope that helps, sure saved my butt today. :yesnod:

:cheers:

 

Yup. 2 belts to the alternator. problem is they can't both be tensioned the same with the crummy stock alt bracket. So one is always tighter than the other. i think that was my problem. I run one now with the other in the back just in case.

Manual steering it pretty darn hard at real low speeds. Definitely needs 2 hands and careful hand placement on the wheel for good leverage :yesnod:

 

Man, that would be a B*(#$H in a parking lot Auto-X. :lol: It was definitely a different feeling driving home though, was actually kind of fun muscling the ol car around. :lol:

Have you considered runing one to the WP and one to the Alt? Its worked well for me thus far.

:cheers:

 

Manual steering isn't as bad as power steering without the belt... because with the ps, you still have to push all the fluid through the lines as well as turn the car, the ps cylinder becomes a way too effective steering stabilizer(sp?).