Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Tempted by the serpent


I finally gave up on the serpentine belt system of the Thunderbird that my turbo 2.3 came out of and am switching back to the V-belt system of the Pinto. With the serpentine belt I had no accesories and jury rigged a setup using a "grooved" pulley on the tensioner and running a shorter belt just around the crank, water pump and T-bird alternator (Pictured here).

The Serpentine belt contacted the radiator though and I still wasn't sure how to integrate the T-bird alternator into the Pinto wiring. Now with the v-belt, I'll use the Pinto alternator and thus not have to figure out how to wire the T-bird alternator into my system.
Important points:
-the T-bird 2.3 and Pinto 2.3 have different sized ends on the water pump to accept the pulley. The T-bird end is smaller and will not accept the Pinto v-belt pulley.
-The Pinto upper alternator bracket looks like it has to be cut down a smidge as it contacts the T-bird EFI intake manifold. I'm going to cut that down and repaint it tomorrow.

My wife helped me realize today how critical I am of her. I really want to change that. I want to be more gracious and understanding toward her and others. For me I think that will mean not being so quick to speak. Thinking about what I am going to say more.

Lord, help me to consider my words more carefully especially toward my wife and children. Thank you for helping me to be big enough to call and talk to people at our last church and thank you that those conversations went so well. Thank you for so many nice neighbors. Help me to be a good daddy tomorrow as I watch the kids.

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