Date:         Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:43:39 -0700
Reply-To:     vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET
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From:         "Sean B." <vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      TIICO Belt issue. Van has P/S, but not AC.
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As many people have said, life does go on, even after something as big as
what happened in NYC and DC. My father and I were originally going to be
travelling back east this weekend, but have decided to cancel our travel
out of consideration for others who may have more pressing reasons for
travel than us.

Thus I will be home this weekend and hopefully taking steps to get my TiiCo
conversion closer to completion. The biggest stumbling block I have run
into is the belt issue. I will not be installing my dead AC compressor on
the new motor. The problem is that the remaining three items (H2O pump, P/S
pump, and ALT) all line up with the outer pulley groove on the crank. I
have been told that there is a spacer that can be removed from the H2O pump
pulley to set it in line with the inner crank pulley groove, but then how
do I get the P/S pump pulley also lined up with the inner crank pulley
groove? The instructions that came with the kit show that the crank, H2O
pump, and P/S pump are supposed to use one crank pulley groove, and the ALT
is to use the other crank pulley groove.

Is there anyone that has done the TiiCo install that can let me know how to
make this configuration work? pictures of belt arrangement would be great.

All I have to do to get this TiiCo on the road are the brake booster line
from intake manifold to firewall, the fuel rail/injector issue, the belt
issue, and the exhaust installation. Any help that can be given would be
greatly appreciated.

Sean B.
'90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy
Torrance, CA
HTTP://www.vgonman.com