Re: SPICA Belt Assistance

["sherwood white" <sherwood.w.white@domain.elided>]

you have to remove the belt pulley on the pump-look for the timing mark and
paint it so it is easy to see finding it with it off is hard enough there is
a key that may fall off the pump shaft don't lose it the pump timing is
wrong in most books when you have it right the dist. rotor will be closer to
firing #4cyl than #1 put the belt around the crank than on the pump pulley
than the pump pulley on the pump don't forget the key way have fun

Woody White
Alfa Performance Center
215-736-3820
http://www.alfaperformancecenter.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Dennis" <eyeinthepyramid@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: SPICA Belt Assistance


> 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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