[DeTomaso] Bulkhead Reduction Kit

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/09 6:16:10 AM, richard at hitecheng.on.ca writes:
> or you can move the alternator back 1 inch and drive it from the inner 
> belt. Jack can tell what is required to do this.
> 
Sure- forgot to mention this. You hacksaw 1" off the rear of the stock Ford 
alternator boss, and shift the cut piece to the front of the alt boss as a 
loose spacer, in the stock bracket. That moves the alt back towards the 
cylinder head 1" and aligns the alt pulley with the inner sheave of the A/C 
compressor pulley. Only 'trick' is to be able to make a reasonably straight cut 
with a hacksaw. You still get belt adjustment by switching the stock 
alt-adjusting bar from the front of the water pump boss to the back, using the same 
bolt. Since the A/C pulley always runs when the engine is running, it acts 
like an idler. Its been so long since I did this, I can't remember if I 
reused the stock vee belt.... our Pantera has been running this way since 1995 
with zero problems. See a shot of the belt routing on our engine in the POCA 
Newsletter for October (now in the mail). Cheers- J Deryke