SPICA Belt Assistance

["Tom Dennis" <eyeinthepyramid@domain.elided>]

Hi all,

After lurking on this list for awhile I finally took the plunge & bought my 
first Alfa, a '77 Alfetta GT.

Car drove & checked out great. I was enjoying the drive home when I thought 
to check the gas gauge, of course it was on empty (why do people insist on 
selling cars with no more than a pint of gas in the tank?). I pulled into 
the nearest gas station just as the car appeared to run out of gas.  Pushed 
it up to the pumps, filled up & guess what? still wouldn't start. To make a 
long story short, had to have it towed the extra quater mile home & after 
some poking & false starts discovered the spica belt had snapped (weird 
coincidence that it happened with near empty tank at gas station).

I have a new belt, but my question is if there is a trick to getting the 
damn thing on.  It looks to require a bloody knuckle sacrifice and much foul 
language. The guy at the Alfa shop says you have to remove either the spica 
pulley or the crankshaft pulley. Please tell me there is another way. I have 
lots of shade tree experience with other european cars of mostly German & 
Swedish origin and a relatively complete set of tools.

BTW I have both the Alfa Bible & car disc and didn't see anything in either 
on how to change the belt.

Thanks,

Tom D.


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