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Old Oct 29, 2002 | 05:25 AM
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I have a tech article to submit

I wrote a tech article about re-routing your serpentine belt, but I don't know who to send it to. I have the article uploaded to my site at http://www15.brinkster.com/fbody/belt.html but I can zip the whole thing and email it if needed.
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Old Oct 29, 2002 | 05:19 PM
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Old Oct 30, 2002 | 06:51 PM
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cool, so you can use the same belt right?

any difference noticed?
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Old Oct 30, 2002 | 09:17 PM
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You can't use the same belt, you have to use a 98 inch belt which is a couple inches longer than the stock belt.
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Old Oct 31, 2002 | 12:44 AM
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I've always wondered where the AIR Pump was.....

Can you by chance post a pic of the routing where the pump is removed??

The one on the main site is weird....
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Old Oct 31, 2002 | 07:28 PM
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http://www15.brinkster.com/fbody/belt.html

Pics of routing are at the link.

Also, by re-routing the belt in this manner, it makes it easier to remove the smog pump. I do not know what size belt would be needed with no smog pump however, so you would have to experiment in order to get the right belt length/tension.
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