Another Katatak Fiero Adventure! (Page 50/72) josef644 DEC 13, 06:04 PM Pat I got the pattern in todays mail. Thanks Joe katatak DEC 13, 07:35 PM quote Originally posted by josef644: Pat I got the pattern in todays mail. Thanks Joe Anytime Joe! Hope it works for you. Pat katatak DEC 14, 08:37 PM Got a couple packages from my favorite store this afternoon. It's been awhile since I ordered anything from Summit! I was surprised to see that there were 2 boxes for a single order? Aparrently they ship from several locations now - which ever location has the part in stock ships first. Personaly I find no problem with this but from a business view point, they are sending out double everything. In each box was a "swag" bag loaded with several couplns and flyers along with a new Shick 5 blade razor, a new catalog and a Xmas flyer! Not complaining as I got double the goodies but you would think that they would check the shipping address and regulate the extra goodies to one per address. Anyway, I got my new remote oil filter adapter and gaskets and got it and the lines installed this afternoon. I believe it will be running on Friday! 2 boxes for one order. One came from AZ and the other from GA Each box had one part and all this "swag" And the adapter and lines installed: More later! Pat katatak DEC 16, 12:22 AM Well I tackled a little project that I have been putting off. As I posted earlier, the alternator was hitting the number one spark plug and I wanted to do a little adjustment to the Archie alternator bracket to drop the alternator down a little. I bolted the whole thing up in it's original location this afternoon to take a look. My neighbor Nathan stopped by and after bouncing it back and forth between the 2 of us, I jumped into fabbing a new bracket for the alternator. Being how I am not going to have AC on this car, I decided to drop the alternator down into the AC position. Here's what it looked like: First off, I had to remove the Archie motor mount because I had to cut off one of the AC mount ears: Then I made a template for the new top bracket out of sheet metal: Two of these bolt holes will bolt through to the block and the other two holes in the mount plate I threaded so I could bolt it to the mount plate. Then I transferred the template to a piece of 1/4" plate and rough torched it out (Nathan offered to do it with his Plasma but I got in a hurry and hacked it out the old fashioned way). Once I had it roughed out, I took the grinder to it and got it into the shape I wanted. Then I bolted it back on the motor and set the Alt in place. I had to go to AZ and get a couple belts so I could get the right length: and for posterity - here's the belt number: Once the belt was right, I had to fab an "adjustment" bar. Nothing fancy here, drill several holes in a row and used the cutt off disk on the 4" grinder to cut and slot it. Then used the dremel and a small stone to smooth out the inside of the slot: Mounted in place with the belt tight. I still have to do a little "clean" up of the new brackets and paint them. I need to put a little tweak in the upper bracket to get the alignment just right: I spent a couple hours on it but I think it will be perfect. The alternator is now down and away from the header and the spark plug on number one. More later! Pat Rick 88 DEC 16, 03:55 PM Good thinking Pat. Maybe you should offer a kit! katatak DEC 16, 11:17 PM quote Originally posted by Rick 88: Good thinking Pat. Maybe you should offer a kit! It's too much work! katatak DEC 16, 11:26 PM Not much happening today! I did remove the alternator and did some clean up/painting on the new brackets. Got it mounted back up. I also got the rest of the oil filter relocation kit installed and got the starter back on. I must have made 10 trips to Lowes in the last 2 days for bolts! All that is left is to double check the valve adjustment and lock down the poly locks, install the valve covers and install the motor one last time (I hope!). Once the motor is in, I have to mount the water pump then I am going to redo the wiring and builf the exhaust. DOes not sound like much but I am not moving too fast these days. I loose interest pretty quickly. Hope to have it on the road before the new year! Alternator fini! Oil filter relocation complete - Starter installed! More later! Pat katatak DEC 24, 02:00 AM Nothing new to update! Ordered a remote electric water pump and am just waiting for it to show up. Still have to paint and wrap the headers. I may do that tomorrow! Hope to have it running next week????? More later! Pat jmbishop DEC 24, 03:18 PM What pump did you order? katatak DEC 24, 09:43 PM quote Originally posted by jmbishop: What pump did you order? Hey Jim, Here's the one I ordered - suggested by Archie! http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MEZ-WP116SHD/ And these parts to go with it - From Archies post in this thread: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/113263.html "Also note: on the CSI pumps, you also will need to buy a CSI fitting, pn CSI-908 to connect the return hose to the pump. For the Meziere pump you will need to buy 3 special fittings from them to hook it up to your cooling system." Happy Holidays Jim!