Joe

patricktee <patrickth@theyahoo.com> wrote in
news:oi8ms15iphtgfli6b21qen94ulpuldudt5@4ax.com:

> I just got a Mustang today. It has the 3.8 with surpentine belts. It
> is in amazing condition, first time its been started in over two years
> and after a few minutes smoothed right out except the surpentine
> started making noise.
>
> Looked further and the smog pump (thermactor) had frozen. Relieved
> tension and belt quieted down, but smog pump still frozen.
>
> Two questions.
>
> Do I attack the replacement from the bottom?
> How long approximately does it take for a reasonably experienced
> person with mostly the right tools to do the job?
>
>
> It is an 85 LX with the v6, auto tranny. Bone stock in all respects.
>
> thanks for any help in advance.
> "But now is the time for the younger men to lock in rough encounters,
> time for me to yield to the pains of old age. But there was a day I
> shone among the champions."
>
> Homer, The Illiad, 23.715-719 (800 BC). King Nestor of Pylos.

Buy a short belt and bypass the smog pump.

Joe
Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC