Just leave the power steering off. It will be a little harder to steer when you are just barely moving but the rest of the time you will hardly notice. We have not had the P/S belt on our Westy Syncro in years. Mark in AK
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > I have a nice '83 2.0 ACVW Type 4 engine that I could install into my '87 > automatic Westy. > > I was considering temporarily installing it, to allow me to rebuild the > WBX, > the exhaust system, and the entire cooling system,with little or no > downtime > for this summer's camping season. > > I'd be able to have all the removed components in my garage over the > winter > (or longer; if it takes me that long to raise all the funds to do it all > properly). > > The engine I have for this is freshly-rebuilt (by me!), and I may throw on > the dual 44 Webers and a header system that I have just for fun (I sold the > injection). > > I do have a crossbar and all the tin, accy's, etc. > > What do you folks think? What will be the hardest part? Power steering? > > Mike B. > |
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